tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376951013445631946.post792247060738147713..comments2023-11-05T01:09:43.772-08:00Comments on don't set fire to your jacket: Quotable quotes part 1Falcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02403217488563637871noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376951013445631946.post-22998022925242195072008-04-19T11:32:00.000-07:002008-04-19T11:32:00.000-07:00"Throughout history, (in the UK at least), it has ..."Throughout history, (in the UK at least), it has been the obvious tyrants we have faced as the greater danger."<BR/><BR/>Not sure about this. I mean, yes from 1939-45, but otherwise the dangers have tended to come from rulers of one religious hue or another who genuinely wanted to make people's lives more virtuous - Mary vs Protestants, more or less all the others from 1550-1750 vs Catholics, Oliver Cromwell vs anything that looked fun...John Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17024263999778310292noreply@blogger.com