Thomas Babington Macaulay on meddlesome preferences

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Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear. - Thomas B. Macaulay

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BBC restrictions on depicting Mohammed must be abolished, says NSS

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Freedom starts with a laugh

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Cartoons and atheism

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The taxman will always find you

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by Jim Rose in liberalism, taxation

 

John Cleese on Political Incorrectness

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by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, liberalism

Bill Maher: Hundreds of Millions of Muslims Support Attack on ‘Charlie Hebdo’

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by Jim Rose in liberalism, war and peace

HT: Steve Wrathall

Tom Paine on free thought

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How to differentiate between theories and hypotheses

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It is important to be disrespectful of religion

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On blasphemy against Monty Python

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by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, liberalism, TV shows Tags: ,

 

HT: Tyler Cowen

Politically correct satire– What would it look like?

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NZ Herald’s front-page for tomorrow

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by Jim Rose in liberalism

HT: https://twitter.com/bryce_edwards/status/553101570057830400?s=09

Voltaire, fanatics and reason

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The selective nature of cost benefit analysis in health and safety policy

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