It occurred this evening as I was making a cup of tea. A Hungarian guest in the house asked if I were making green tea. To which I replied, with some feeling I might add, that I was not and that I was in fact making proper tea. As I thought about this later I realised this was a major value in my life. Subsequently I also realised that my chief values at this time were life, liberty and proper tea. Hence the change in the title of this blog. I do hope this doesn't offend anyone.

From a newsletter I got today from Frontsight. Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another:   reason and force. If you want me to do something for you,   you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or   force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every   human interaction falls into one of those two categories,   without exception. Reason or force, that's it.   In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively...

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