tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post8549777733848283476..comments2024-03-21T03:55:51.565-07:00Comments on Omniorthogonal: St. Augustine, O.G.mtravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356162954308418556noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-40010891644106977662011-02-22T18:17:10.335-08:002011-02-22T18:17:10.335-08:00I thought Chomsky's quote of Augustine was pre...I thought Chomsky's quote of Augustine was pretty well known. There's even a <a href="http://blog.mises.org/6569/schoolhouse-rock-pirates-and-emperors-or-size-does-matter/" rel="nofollow">schoolhouse-rock version</a>.<br /><br />Thanks for the JEH Smith link. <a href="http://entitledtoanopinion.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/victims-and-sympathy/" rel="nofollow">My perspective</a> is sort of the inverse of his: precisely because the family is smaller I prefer loyalty to it than toward the nation state.<br /><br />I stopped watching Boardwalk Empire after the first few episodes, but mostly because there weren't enough killings and their attempts to distract with me with what-happens-to-this-character stuff was just annoying.<br /><br />Switzerland & Sweden haven't had revolutions in quite a long time, and they seem to do alright.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.com