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“Religion is the opiate of the masses.”
Karl Marx Original German: “Die Religion … ist das Opium des Volkes.” Often quoted as In context from Karl Marx’s A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right: Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of man who has either not yet won through to himself, or has already lost himself again. But [...]
“If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe.”
Kerry Thornley in the introduction to the Principia Discordia 5th Ed.
Trinary vs. Binary
There’s 10 types of people in the world, those who understand trinary, those who don’t, and those who mistake it for binary.
GPL made simple
What was my stuff is now our stuff. If you improve our stuff, or even link with our stuff, make sure the whole shebang is our stuff.
“In a world of grays, the black and white of law…”
“In a world of grays, the black and white of law can never hope to completely navigate the perilous thin line between freedom and safety. Once upon a time, it was the principles of the people and the seriousness of the times that dictated where the line of law was drawn. Now, its the wishes [...]
“A human being should be able to change a diaper…”
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook [...]
“If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
James Madison (also another marijuana user)
“It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.”
Admiral Grace Hopper