What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.

I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves.

I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise.

What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.

Shepherds don't look after sheep because they love them - although I do think some shepherds like their sheep too much. They look after their sheep so they can, first, fleece them and second, turn them into meat. That's much more like the priesthood as I know it.

It's often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven't been made.

The discovery there is no god is a great relief, because if there were, it would be like living in a celestial North Korea if there was one. You would never be able to escape.