“We have a tendency to assume people are a unity, and thus good people all good, etc. But the fact that Hitler was good to dogs and children isn't a paradox.” PeopleChildrenFactsDogAssumingUnityTendenciesEtcParadoxGood People Author:Richard Posner
“The only rationale that the states put forth with any conviction-that same-sex couples and their children don't need marriage because same-sex couples can't produce children, intended or unintended-is so full of holes that it cannot be taken seriously.” NeedsChildrenStatesSexTakenProduceCoupleConvictionHolesMarriage EqualityRationale Author:Richard Posner
“Heterosexuals get drunk and pregnant, producing unwanted children; their reward is to be allowed to marry. Homosexual couples do not produce unwanted children; their reward is to be denied the right to marry. Go figure.” ChildrenFiguresProduceCoupleRewardsDrunkDeniedPregnantHomosexualUnwantedMarriage Equality Author:Richard Posner
“Violent video games played in public places are a tiny fraction of the media violence to which modern American children are exposed. Tiny - and judging from the record of this case, not very violent compared to what is available to children on television and in movie theaters today.” ChildrenGovernmentTodayGamesCasesRecordsViolenceModernMediaTelevisionJudgingTheaterAvailableTinyViolentVideoExposedFractionsMovie TheaterMedia ViolenceViolent Video Games Author:Richard Posner