101 years ago today
101 years ago today, on April 15, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic at 2:20 AM, after hitting an iceberg at 11:40 PM ship's time, earlier that evening. Of the 2,224 people on board, 1,502 died.
"The social contract exists so that everyone doesn’t have to squat in the dust holding a spear to protect his woman and his meat all day every day. It does not exist so that the government can take your spear, your meat, and your woman because it knows better what to do with them." - Instapundit.com