Mark Steyn: once you establish the principle that the state has the right to police ideas, sooner or later one of yours will catch their eye

The ever-impressive Mark Steyn (oh, how the Telegraph misses him) has written a blistering critique of modern society. I urge you to read it.

It ends:

The more you haul nobodies off to the cells for putting up a poster or quoting the Bible, the more a timid conformist populace will keep its head down, mind its own business, and avoid broader social engagement—or at any rate non-alcohol-fuelled engagement. Big Government is dismantling civic identity, and the slow-burn bonfire of liberties in Europe and North America will eventually consume us all.