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- by appledogx--2008 March 18, 2008 6:49 PM PDT
- Moral guidance from a totalitarian state? Sounds like they need more of a free exchange of ideas than more control by the benevolent state. When governments concentrate on controlling every aspect of life, they become a hinderance to the society they "serve". Civility? Yes, we need more of it everywhere, but not by force.
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