THIS AIN’T VULCAN

In a rather different context, Steven Taylor, back in his pre-PoliBlog days, used to say, “This ain’t the planet Vulcan.” Jonah Goldberg uses a variant of it to explain why the “ick” factor is a perfectly useful argument for making public policy.

(Hat tip: Kevin McGehee)

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