XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 02/01/2026 02:18, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > Similarly, politicians dream of re-arranging laws (and adding more,   
   > of course, never repealing) in pursuit of the dream that the right   
   > combination of legislation will result in Paradise.   
      
   You really think that they do?   
      
   In reality they would prefer to take the salary and the perks and do   
   fuck all. The best ones.   
   The worst ones are those with Big Beautiful Ideas.   
      
   Most problems that haven't been solved already are not amenable to   
   political interference anyway: the best thing is to give people the   
   freedom to sort them, themselves.   
      
      
   --   
   "First, find out who are the people you can not criticise. They are your   
   oppressors."   
         - George Orwell   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)