Thursday, April 15, 2004

My favorite article of the day is

Robin Hood, Friend of Liberty, by Adam Young.

The wrap-up 'graphs:

Taxes are the engine of tyranny and are resented and opposed by the people of every century. The legend of Robin Hood appeals because of that; the refusal to accept as legitimate what we all instinctively know is not.

As so much in legends, the historical truth isn't what matters. Instead it is the legendary deeds of Robin Hood that excite us. The man who challenged the state, who dared to take what the rotten government claimed to own, the man who not only did these deeds himself, but also recruited others to help him and in doing so, gained the trust and affection of his people. It’s a legend that will never lose its appeal.


So let us all sally forth (what's she doing here?) in his spirit and expropriate that which has been expropriated from us. Or something.

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