The alternative is a government that regulates thought and speech. As much as I despise the ultra right-wingers and their rhetoric, I prefer it over an Orwellian government telling people what to say and think.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
