And oftentimes, excusing of a fault
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse,–
As patches, set upon a little breach,
Discredit more in hiding of the fault
Than did the fault before it was so patched.
–Shakespeare, King John Act IV, SC 2
Halloween is nearly upon us, and I think you all know what that means. It means enormous mounds of candy. It means sickly children who mysteriously get colds that won’t go away till sometime after New Year. It means gluttonous gorging on candy, all wrapped up in that flimsy excuse that everyone, from the President to the parent to your slimy local politician angling for higher taxes, knows how to use: For the children!
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