Ozy & Millie: Sacred institution<\/a><\/p>\n-Keithius<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I think this sums up our modern society quite nicely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[100,385,392],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-opinion","tag-politics","tag-society","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-1F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1009,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2007\/12\/19\/democracy-and-liberty\/","url_meta":{"origin":103,"position":0},"title":"Democracy and Liberty","author":"Keith Survell","date":"December 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"This little analogy, found in a signature on Slashdot, sums it up quite nicely: Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. 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This philosophy is in line with the basic values of democracies. The government's approach to homeland security is \"keep everything secret and trust nobody\". This is in line with the basic values of authoritarian governments.","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":176,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/07\/30\/sjc-decision-on-same-sex-marriage\/","url_meta":{"origin":103,"position":5},"title":"SJC Decision on Same-Sex Marriage","author":"Keith Survell","date":"July 30, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"A very interesting read. The \"official\" decision comes first, and is followed by an individual brief from one of the justices that takes a somewhat opposing view. 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