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THIS AIN’T VULCAN

· Wednesday, July 2, 2003 · 1 comment

In a rather different context, Steven Taylor, back in his pre-PoliBlog days, used to say, “This ain’t the planet Vulcan.” Jonah Goldberg uses a variant of it to explain why the “ick” factor is a perfectly useful argument for making public policy.

(Hat tip: Kevin McGehee)

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  1. From Behind the Wall of Sleep says:
    Thursday, July 3, 2003 at 19:55

    Just Say “Ick!”
    Jonah Goldberg in today’s The Corner notes that sometimes it’s right to say, “That’s just so wrong . . .”

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