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by nacker 5049 days ago
I'd rather "the authorities" would stop spying on me whatever I'm doing, and I believe everyone should actively send up as many red flags as possible to confuse the bastards.

I don't accept the authority of any random gang of thugs over me, from whatever part of the world, period.

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Mind the context. People under oppressive regimes do not have the luxury of messing with the thugs just to confuse them.
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs." - John Rogers
Just because it's a funny quote doesn't make it any less of a non sequitur...