Arbitrary rules teach kids discipline: If every rule made sense, they wouldn't be learning respect for authority, they'd … - Stephen Colbert

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Post-Christian man is not the same as Pre-Christian man. He is as far removed as virgin is from widow: there is nothing in common except want of a spouse: but there is a great difference between a spouse-to-be and a spouse lost.

Stephen Colbert

Arbitrary rules teach kids discipline: If every rule made sense, they wouldn't be learning respect for authority, they'd be learning logic.

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