[ExI] quiet growth

[Kelly Anderson]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 8:59 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> Building codes were derived to require smoke detectors which have a
> battery backup in case power fails in a fire (that can happen of course, so
> we get the reasoning behind it.)  But the batteries drain over time, and
> when the battery gets low, it causes chirping, then proles damage or slay
> themselves in the attempt to remedy the situation in the middle of the
> night.  Perhaps the requirement for a battery backup damaged or slew more
> proles than it saved.
>

To paraphrase and repurpose "God is not Good" by the late but stylish
Christopher Hitchens, I would say,

"Government poisons everything, including our own faculties of
discernment. As well as a
menace to civilization, it has become a threat to human survival."

-Kelly
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