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January 1, 2010

Never Conform II

There is nothing more dangerous than a General Idea in narrow, empty minds. Being empty they are incapable of questioning it; being narrow before long it becomes an obsession. Thenceforth it takes complete control of them. They are no longer their own master, but become in the most literal sense, possessed...

Hyppolite Adolph Taine (1828-1893)

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bush is evil.
War is bad.
The sky is falling.

T. F. Stern said...

Your line of thought brings to mind the sponges, some call them students, being brain washed in the so called educational system.

Rhod said...

Together now, "we are all individuals!"

sig94 said...

Rhod, you are on one helluva tear tonight. Rock on!

Rhod said...

I'm off my meds, sig.

Anonymous said...

Rhod, don't be foolish. There was a reason why they prescribed that Industrial-Strength Metamucil.

Anonymous said...

Nice post & nice blog. I love both.

Unknown said...

Just as the chancelor in "V is for Vendetta" so honestly said..."Fear is the governments greatest power!"