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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
-- Daniel Webster
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Monday, June 16, 2003 :::
The tag-line I put on this blog's banner last night seems to be a pretty generic piece of wisdom, so I'd like to explain a bit where it came from.
I wanted to choose something Harry Potter, as the fifth book in the series will be coming out on Saturday. I looked around the end of the fourth book last night, trying to find something that sums up the state of the Potter-verse, preferable without spoiling too much. And I ran across Headmaster Dumbledore's comment that "it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." One of the key distinctions between the good guys and the bad guys is that the bad guys put a lot of stock in whether a wizard comes from a long line of wizards, or has non-magical dentists for parents (as does one of Harry's best friends).
The other "distinction" quote I like from the series is from the primary antagonist: "There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it."
::: posted by Steven at 11:01 AM
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