WTK If Any Gun Shows, May, June, July

KMaurer said:
Rooster said:
plus I felt like I was doing something illegal just being there...

"You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against -- then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. Your fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted -- and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt.

Now that's the system...that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be easier to deal with."

Ayn Rand - "Atlas Shrugged" :(

Ken

I thought that sounded familiar. :D Just out of curiosity, did you read John Galt's speach at the end all the way through the first time you read it? (and before you ask, no, I didn't, but I did the 2nd time I read it)
 
It was a long time ago, so I really don't remember. It's a good possibility though since I'm a pretty fast reader and tend to read most books in one or two sittings. (I tend to avoid starting long books until I can devote a solid block to time to them.)

Ken
 
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