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“Every human being that believes in capital punishment loves killing, and the only reason they believe in capital punishment is because they get a kick out of it….Why not boil them in oil, as they used to do? Why not burn them at the stake? Why not sew them into a bag with serpents and throw them out to sea? Why not take... 

“States are not moral agents, people are, and [people] can impose moral standards on powerful institutions." -- Chomsky The latest, yet again, wayang is the farcical ‘journalism’/reportage existing in Singapore showcased by the unfortunate taxi driver who thought what he said would be fairly and accurately reported. It... 

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing,” -- attributed to Burke "Every good political institution must have a preventive operation as well as a remedial. It ought to have a natural tendency to exclude bad men from Government, and not to trust for the safety of the State to subsequent punishment...