"My laws must bind everyone, high or low, or they're not laws at all"

[villager]

Watching Excalibur tonight. Nice reminder how empires fall.

[RadiationTherapy]

1. "Surely, we all know what privilege is in this club, don't we, gentlemen?

Do I have to remind you of the Latin roots, 'privi', private, and 'lege', law, and point out in detail how we have created our Private Law over here, just as the Politburo have created their own private law in their own sphere of influence?"..."So. Civilization is privilege— or Private Law, as you say so literally. And we all know where Private Law comes from, except the poor professor here— out of the barrel of a gun"

Hagbard Celine and Robert Drake discussing privilege in The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea

[Igel]

2. It is, of course, fictional.

And nobody would ever think that the argument, such as it is, has any validity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_fallacy

[villager]

3. Nice RA Wilson quote!

Wouldn't have guessed that'd be the first Excalibur quote out of the gate, but glad to see it...l

[RadiationTherapy]

4. There is an entire multi-actor audio version of the Trilogy that is excellent.

Some of the accents are cringe inducing, but the content is amazing. I have listened to it probably two dozen times.

http://www.deepleafaudio.com/illuminatus.htm

[villager]

5. Wow! Thanks!