> Ronn wrote:
> > I was exaggerating a bit when earlier I compared taxes to theft, but . . .
> > if you don't pay them, those nice friendly people in blue (or khaki, if
> > they're from the county sheriff's department) uniforms WITH GUNS on their
> > belts or elsewhere come and drag you off to prison for tax evasion, and if
> > you don't go meekly, they will use whatever "persuasion" is necessary to
> > get you to go with them, so that a sense the government _is_ holding a gun
> > to your head and saying "give us your money or we'll shoot".
Adam Lipscomb wrote:
>
> Yeah, in the sense that the government is also holding a gun to your head
> and saying, "Drive within the speed limit or we'll shoot" and "keep your dog
> on a leash or we'll shoot".
Technically, it's society as a whole thats forcing you to follow the
rules. The friendly folks with uniforms are just a modern convenience:
they take the place of a mob or a posse.
Kevin Street
