From: Charles Bell <quester@eskimo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 23:35:20 +0800
To: jamesd@echeque.com
Subject: re: monsters et al
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On Mon, 18 Mar 1996 jamesd@echeque.com wrote:
> 
> The pernicious effects of censorship:  When you actually meet monsters,
> and see that they do not have horns and a tail, you falsely imagine 
> that they are not monsters.
> 

Very good point.

> 
> Those who defend totalitarianism, regardless of the brand name of 
> totalitarianism, simply lie.  It is as uncomplicated as that.


Not very good point.  

Monsters come in many hues and `totalitarianism' is rarely total.
Simplicity is in the mind of the beholder.

Charles Bell