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		tedks on Nov 16, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor ... I think if you believe people should go to prisons, your morality is dictated by the state. If you find that offensive, maybe you should make an effort to clear your cached thoughts[0], and recompute everything you think about prisons. If you haven't done this at least once in your life, it's probable that you have a thought in your cache that was just inserted there by some authority figure while you were young enough not to know better. [0] http://lesswrong.com/lw/k5/cached_thoughts/

thaumasiotes on Nov 16, 2013 [–]

this quote is from memory, so the wording will be off, but...

"It was as if the human brain had a blind spot, and someone had written on it in permanent ink, 'Kings. What a good idea.'"

I believe it's from the Discworld book Guards! Guards!； I always loved that imagery.

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