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Written by Wordsmith   
Friday, 04 July 2008
There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him
Robert Heinlein
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written by John Meredith, July 04, 2008
Well, it isn't nice, but 'no worse kind of tyranny'? Please. Imagine telling the inmates of the gulag that they could have had it worse, they could have been forced to buy a TV licence.

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