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Thirty Three Things (v. 63)

1. P.J. O'Rourke on "fairness, idealism and other atrocities": All politics stink. Even democracy stinks. Imagine if our clothes were selected by the majority of shoppers, which would be teenage girls. I'd be standing here with my bellybutton exposed. ...

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""Faith healing" should be illegal because it is fraud."

So? People feel like it helps; it boosts their utility. Faith healing is proof that ignorance is bliss. And what's wrong with having blissful idiots? That's certainly better than depressed idiots. And who's to say that they won't blow their money some other way?

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