Quote:
Originally Posted by Chi-Town
True then, true now.
"In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing."
Mark Twain
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Good post.
For those who only read it once or skim or read the whole thing before launching, I suggest go back and read it slowly as it is in the prose of the day. I liked it much better the more I read it and "got the message".