This is the original text written by Chesterton that describes the concept people refer to as "Chesterton's Fence" but with the word fence replaced with "department of homeland security".
> I don't think Chesterton has much to say about DHS, which is relatively new.
I'm responding to this statement. I thought it was pretty clear that the quote is still applicable, especially if you can read it applied to DHS. The comment I replied to was a response to a comment with the original quote. Its called Chesterton's Fence.
Chestertons Fence is a device or principle. It is not actually about a fence. As such, it still applies to, or pretends to apply to cases in the future, of which Chesterton could not be aware.
I assumed this demonstration was clear enough, but apparently I did something wrong here. Anybody care to explain why I have been flagged?
