Pleasure haters
by Kent McManigal
As originally posted on: Kent's "Hooligan Libertarian" Blog
January 24, 2012
I saw a quote in an issue of Reason Magazine that just kept coming back to my mind. It was in reference to Prohibition (both the old one and the current one):
"The eternal temptation to ban things that give people pleasure"
I think it could also be expressed as "The eternal temptation to get pleasure from preventing the pleasure of others".
Either way, there are an awful lot of awful people who seem determined to try to make sure no one is having any fun. That's fine if they stick to being annoying pains in the rear. Unfortunately, the illegitimate institution of The State gives these perverts a way to exert power over others. What a messed up shame.
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3 comments:
Put differently, it's the Tyranny of the Righteous!
What I have found amusing since I lost any moral compass in the Vietnam War, is that even illegal things slip by very easily with cash in hand. I was a conservative right-wing Republican before I went on my tour in hell.
Afterward, I went to another univerisity under a different name. They had a "code of conduct" that I broke every single rule of in less than 3 months.
This is exactly what Bill C-10 is all about. It's about denial of pleasure. It's what drives the so-called Conservatives.
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