The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

THE LAST DITCH

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"A liberal’s* paradise would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive healthcare, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free utilities, and only law enforcement has guns. And believe it or not, such a place does, indeed, already exist. It's called Prison."

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff's Office

*American English sense of the word, i.e. Authoritarian leftist thug 

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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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    1. jameshigham's avatar

      It’s difficult, Tom, to find the right word for it. “Feminisation” is not bad for describing the softening of boundaries…

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    3. Lord T's avatar

      I’m generally against more laws but would make an exception for this. Goose, Gander, etc. We should be using their…

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    5. tom.paine's avatar

      That’s a modern “more law” approach — and certainly consistent with our Establishment’s current aggressive approach. However I don’t want…

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