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  When government steps aside, it is not as if nothing takes its place. Paradise does not prevail. It's not as if private interests have no interests, as if private interests don't have ends they will then pursue. To push the antigovernment button is not to teleport us to Eden. When the interests of government are gone, other interests take their place. Do we know what those interests are? Are we so certain they are better?

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  —Larry Lessig, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, p. 220.

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mellowing with age

Thursday, April 24th, 2008 7:10 pm

The cuss-o-meter says only 21.5%. That is not the high standard I set for myself in conversation as a youth. Also, the quiz says that “This is 139% MORE than other websites who took this test.” What does that mean? More than the average, I presume?

The Blog-O-Cuss Meter - Do you cuss a lot in your blog or website?
Created by OnePlusYou (Yes, this is one of those quizzes/gimmicks/ploys that attempt to drive traffic to the originating site. The site is a dating site and not as interesting, IMO, as the quiz. I have added a “rel=”nofollow”" to my link so as to not assist any google-bumpage, and taken the liberty of making the text small per my own site style, and adding this note. But in the interests of credit & freedom, I have left the link active so that you, Gentle Reader, may feel free to click-through.)

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