I've Come to a Conclusion

Warren Ellis put an interesting quote at the end of "The Walk" from Transmetropolitan (see TPB "Gouge Away").

"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are."

H.L. Mencken
Smart Set Magazine
December 1919

My, don't I have an over-inflated sense of self-importance today.