The thoughts expressed here are not those of the Republic of Dan but they have stimulated further thinking within the Republic. The truth is often only discernible by the hole it left when it was taken away. Best of luck to you my friend on your journey.
Thursday, 10 January 2013
are you hoodwinked
"When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, 'This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,' the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything—you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
--- Robert A. Heinlein, If This Goes On, 1940