Eighteen-Tenths of the Law


Fans of the great lost American essayist John Jay Chapman (1862-1933), and Internet quote hounds in general, may have read that

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this,—that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.*

I was amused to recall Chapman's line upon seeing this at Yahoo! -
Bloomberg
Is this the most dangerous job in America?

Being a repo man is tough enough, but wait till you find out just what it is these people repossess
Have to wear bulletproof vests

*BONUS:

DSL.s Who Liked Chapman On Taking Bones From Dogs Also Liked:
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Nothing is economic if it is not electric. - "Leitmotiv" on the title page of The Electro-Individualistic Manifesto ("The Anti-Thesis of the Communistic Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and the Synthesis of Social-Individualism") by Heinrich Charles (1913), "Dedicated to the Pioneers of Science, the Inventors and the Jovians."

"Electricity will solve the Social problem!"

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