No man can be a Politician, except he be first an Historian or a Traveller; for except he can see what Must be, or what May be, he is no Politician: Now, if he have no knowledge in story, he cannot tell what hath been; and if he that not been a Traveller, he cannot tell what is: but he that neither knoweth what hath been, nor what is; can never tell what must be, or what may be. - James Harrington, THE COMMONWEALTH OF OCEANA, 1656
Monday, October 16, 2006
The Liberating Veil
From Tim Blair comes this news and picture in The Age.
Any theories on how the veil is liberating? I am confused. Forty years ago, women were taking off their bras in the name of liberation....
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