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To: TimF who wrote (112209)5/29/2009 4:32:24 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541755
 
A law that forbids begging when no viable alternative exists is unconscionable. It is basically saying "Hurry up and die by starvation."

Edit: He had some more interesting quotes that are relevant:
# "All religions breed crime." (Thaïs)
# "The people who have no weaknesses are terrible: there is no way of taking advantage of them." (The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard)
# "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion."
# "Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not"