Mr. Marquis's words seem more or less analogous to the much quoted "guns don't kill people; people kill people." Both assert the incorrectness of blaming an inanimate thing for its misuse.
I am not quite sure what idea you had in mind when you quoted Mr. Marquis, but America derives more than a little of its wealth, prosperity, and influence from the misuse of both gun and idea, alas.
Hmmm... that wasn't what I was thinking, more along the lines of "if something is a good idea, in and of itself, the motives/morals/etc. of the people suggesting it are irrelevant. Likewise, if something is a bad idea, the fact that it is proposed by virtuous people doesn't make it any less a bad idea." Good, bad, and virtuous all being in the eye of the beholder, naturally.
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I am not quite sure what idea you had in mind when you quoted Mr. Marquis, but America derives more than a little of its wealth, prosperity, and influence from the misuse of both gun and idea, alas.
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