A place to record the work of those who, through their overweening egos, contribute to the destruction of the world
posted by Rico at 00:00
Having made himself multifariously objectionable and having been finally expelled from Heaven, halfway in his descent Satan paused, bent his head in thought a moment, and at last went back.
"There is one favor that I should like to ask," said he.
"Name it."
"Man, I understand, is about to be created. He will need laws."
"What, wretch! You, his appointed adversary, charged from the dawn of eternity with hatred of his soul, you ask for the right to make his laws?"
"Pardon; what I ask is that he be permitted to make them himself."
It was so ordered.
From the definition of Satan in The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914
This, in a nutshell, is the first step on the path of hubris. Whether the path leads on to Auschwitz or merely to Africanized bees, the journey is the same. We will attempt to record for posterity those who, like the piper of Hamelin, lead us down it.
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