Quote of the day

This is what happens when you cross over to the "dark side." When you embrace the tactics of those you decry. The law exists to curb the worst instincts of men. Why would anyone think that once those boundaries are crossed, newly erected boundaries will be respected? You can't regulate "the dark side." That's why they call it the dark side. (emphasis in original)

Ta-Nehisi Coates, one of Andrew Sullivan's fellow bloggers at The Atlantic.

Let me repeat that:

You can't regulate "the dark side." That's why they call it the dark side.

I remember when conservatives used to claim to be the party of "law and order." You don't hear that much these days. Whatever happened to that?