Thursday 24 April 2008

Fewtril no.238

Though it is true that I am an anti-democrat, I would never go so far as not to have criminals strung up by their ankles in parks and town-squares such that local democracy would be deprived of the opportunity to express itself.

3 comments:

James Higham said...

And presumably a bit of hanging, drawing and quartering by way of light relief. :)

Sean Jeating said...

:)
Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that is trustworthyness.
[G.W. Bush, August 30th, 2000]

¡Benjaminista! said...

Brings to mind the beautiful Heine quote:

One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged.