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May 11, 2010

Quote of the Day

by Stephen Littau

“You can fight fire with fire. As a rule, though, it’s better to use water.”

-From Steve Chapman’s Reason article: “Meeting Stupidity with Stupidity: For every action, there is an equal and opposite overreaction”

Read the whole article.

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1 Comment

  1. Great minds, huh? I put that quote up on my facebook.

    Comment by Michael O. Powell — May 13, 2010 @ 5:43 pm

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