I always heard. The left wants the goverment to be Mommy and the right wants the goverment to be Father.Darth Wong wrote:You mean the radio guy copied someone else's line? Damn plagiarist!Frank Hipper wrote:I've heard that before somewhere.
But seriously, I find it interesting when people who support military interventionism and the death penalty rant that the opposition's position is "paternalistic government". I would submit that both sides want paternalistic government; they just differ on what kind of father they want. The left wants a kindly old man who will take care of the children, while the right wants a powerful authoritarian figure who will beat the kids if they get out of line and kick the neighbour's ass if he looks at him funny.
The difference between the left and the right
Moderators: Alyrium Denryle, Edi, K. A. Pital
For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see,
Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be;
Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails,
Pilots of the purple twilight dropping down with costly bales;
Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dew
From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue;
Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be;
Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails,
Pilots of the purple twilight dropping down with costly bales;
Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dew
From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue;