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Finrod’s First Law of Bandwidth:
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it takes the bandwidth of ten thousand.

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
- Edmund Burke

“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” — James Madison

“There were two poor Russian peasants, named Boris and Ivan. The only difference between them was that Boris owned a goat and Ivan did not. One day, Ivan came upon a magic lamp. He rubbed the lamp, and a genie popped out.

‘I will grant you one wish,’ the genie said, ‘but it can be anything you want in the world.’

Ivan responded, ‘I want Boris’ goat to die.’”

“The accumluated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, “Save Us!”….and I’ll look down and whisper, “No”…The Watchmen