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Entry: Ron Paul versus the PC Brigade: A Strange Silence From the Beltway Boys Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/ron_paul_versus_the_pc_brigade_a_strange_silence_from_the_beltway_boys#14881 Post contents: Adriana, Rick, Anglo-Saxon countries used to have few external controls on people's behavior. The reason why these societies did not turn into a total chaos was that some of the stricter forms of Christianity internalized a strong set of moral controls. This inner moral compass was so strong that the countries were reasonably peaceful even with few external rules. It thus may be that the very free, libertarian society requires a special personality-type to function. (I.e., people who do not want to have sex with alligators or buy and sell drugs in schoolyards, even when there are no laws prohibiting those activities. I wonder if Iraq might not be a case study of what happens when there is neither internal nor external discipline?) Sent at: 2008 10 07