For it is the Number of a Man
February 23rd, 2008I just read this comment on the Times’ website, under an article about how “most Britons belong to no religion”:
A committment to anything other than the state would be a big problem wouldn’t it? How fortuitous that so many people are willing to capitulate. Very shortsighted I would say. We need to be MORE religious just to let the politicians know that they’re not going to get an easy ride with their drive towards stamping our foreheads with a number.
judy, Liverpool, England
Personally, I congratulate her — it must be hard to type with a plank in your eye.
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