Comments on: Good Lords http://ninme.com/archives/2006/04/good_lords.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:11:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ninme http://ninme.com/archives/2006/04/good_lords.html/comment-page-1#comment-5732 ninme Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:37:13 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/04/05/good_lords.html#comment-5732 <p>Yes! Ooh, I like Lord Acton.</p> Yes! Ooh, I like Lord Acton.

]]> By: Brett_McS http://ninme.com/archives/2006/04/good_lords.html/comment-page-1#comment-5731 Brett_McS Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:57:16 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/04/05/good_lords.html#comment-5731 <p>People stress about the (supposed) monopolies such as Microsoft and (formerly) IBM, as if these are the big boogie men threatening our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Meanwhile the agency with all the real power is eliminating its competitors, one by one.</p> <p>"Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end." <i>Lord Acton</i>, one of the Good Lords.</p> People stress about the (supposed) monopolies such as Microsoft and (formerly) IBM, as if these are the big boogie men threatening our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Meanwhile the agency with all the real power is eliminating its competitors, one by one.

“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.” Lord Acton, one of the Good Lords.

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