On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 2:37 PM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net<dsummersmi...@comcast.net> wrote: > >>Even if everyone voted democratically to make some minority of people >>slaves, that does not make slavery freedom. > > Paying taxes != slavery. You are more than free to leave. You can't be > bought or sold.
The principle under discussion was whether a democratic vote is equivalent to "freedom to choose". I gave a counter example to disprove the general principle. _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com