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The end there reminds me of the CS Lewis quote: “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It wou
by Verdex 4y ago
The end there reminds me of the CS Lewis quote:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
- Manu40 4y agoI just told the other fellow I'm logging off for the night, but I would hate to seem rude and as if I am ignoring your apt comment. Yes, CS Lewis has a lot of good quotes. I don't remember them all by heart or anything, but I do find myself somehow paraphrasing things that he and others have said before in more eloquent words.
- yunwal 4y agoWhat a weird way to use this quote. Tyranny is when someone does something oppressive. Offering a free service that no one needs to use doesn’t fit the criteria.
- afiori 4y agoI do not really want to comment on whether it is an appropriate use, but obviously the tormented peasants in the comment are implied to be the residents in the area.
- tevon 4y ago"It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so." - Mark Twain