"He taught him horsemanship, archery and how to wield lasso, rein and stirrup, and what and when and how, the rites of of convivial society, of formal ceremony and the symposium; hawking, falconry and how to hunt with the cheetah; what was justice or the lack of it; what the throne and the crown meant; how to deliver orations and how to go to war and lead an army."
The Shahnameh (courtesy of R.A.W.)
Monday, August 13, 2012
Quote: on the multiplication of laws...
"...I noticed years ago that people who agitate for more [YOUR ISSUE HERE] laws tend to be wholly ignorant of the existing laws. I am wiser now, and realize that everyone who agitates for more X laws is ignorant of existing X laws, and probably ignorant of X."-- Neutrino Cannon
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....and of course, EXISTING laws often would solve said problems IF THEY WERE ENFORCED, which they usually ain't. One thing to make a law, another to enforce it....L.B.
Gun laws in particular.
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