NODE f1430a6fRe: a quote
jrk@sys.uea.ac.uk (Richard Kennaway)Mon, 20 Sep 93 10:16:12 PDT
Lefty writes:
>>Sorry to add to the S/N ratio, but I can't resist passing on this
>>(unattributed) quote I saw in someone's .sig:
>>
>>> Giving power and money to the government is like giving whiskey and
>>> keys to a 17 year old.
>
>P. J. O'Rourke, _A_ _Parliament_ _of_ _Whores_
He is American, I presume? Sorry to draw this tangent even further out,
but I can't resist pointing out that in the UK it is perfectly legal to
give whiskey and keys (car keys, I assume) to a 17 year old, and the
heavens have not fallen. "Petrol and matches to a 5 year old" might be a
better comparison.
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NODE ee868d3bRe: a quote
Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>Mon, 20 Sep 93 12:07:14 PDT
Richard Kennaway writes of P.J. O'Rourke:
> He is American, I presume? Sorry to draw this tangent even further out,
> but I can't resist pointing out that in the UK it is perfectly legal to
> give whiskey and keys (car keys, I assume) to a 17 year old, and the
> heavens have not fallen.
The issue for O'Rourke is not the legality of doing so; it's the wisdom of
doing so. I can't resist pointing out that it's no wiser to give drunken
teenagers the car keys in the UK than it is in the USA.
--Mike