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Obnoxio The Clown: A good day to bury bad news.

Not Obnoxio's post about another incompetent terrorist (sorry, dear chap) but comment #1:

Good job he was a British engineering student or the ****ing thing might have gone off.

I have been harsh about British education in the past, but it seems we all owe a debt of thanks to the lecturers at the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at University College London.

2 responses to “Quote of the day”

  1. jameshigham Avatar

    Like the header. How aboiut a more Chinesey font?

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  2. Tom Paine Avatar

    Western font against a Chinese background. It’s symbolic. 🙂

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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