We all know how it is these days — you don’t dare read the comments on various news items for fear of permanent damage to your blood pressure, etc. OTOH, there are those occasional remarks that really deserve to be highlighted in their own right. I present, with no further ado…

On discussion of the live snog-in recently held in Soho, London after a gay couple were ejected from a bar for kissing, OuterCow remarked:

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the saliva of patriots.