Video casino is the opiate of the masses

I was getting some pretty crazy spam comments. Regrettably, I deleted them all. It's not that I want spam comments on my bloggo, but they were just so... interesting. Mostly for video poker sites, but the comments all appeared to be famous/semi-famous philosophical and political quotes. I give the following example:

Religion is but a desperate attempt to find an escape from the truly dreadful situation in which we find ourselves. Here we are in this wholly fantastic universe with scarcely a clue as to whether our existence has any real significance. No wonder then that many people feel the need for some belief that gives them a sense of security, and no wonder that they become very angry with people like me who say that this is illusory.

This is a quote from Fred Hoyle. (No, I did not know this already. I googled it, like any sane person.) But somebody/thing called "Slots" left it in my comments. Without attributing it to Fred, the bastard.

The upshot of all this is that I installed the MT-Blacklist plug-in, and it's already blocked 20 such comments. I love MT-Blacklist now, but perhaps I'm not as enlightened as I would have been. I'll no longer have some video casino robot telling me belief is illusory. I am. I was.