Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > It is not immoral to force someone to support the police and military. > > [Arlo] > AAAHHHHH..... but you claimed taxation was destructive of liberty. It appears > you are now recanting and saying that taxation is fine, forcing other people > to > do something is fine,... so long as it supports programs you support.
AHHHH yourself. You ignored the fact that our police and military preserve, not destroy, liberty. Critical thinking strikes again. > [Platt] > As for parks and libraries, I have no problem donating money for those > purposes, > but taxed? No. > > [Arlo] > If you think the only valid role of society is to stave off "biological > forces", > you miss all the other wonderful things social infrastructure brings us; free > roads, open parks, fair access to information. But you are just, again, > echoing > a return to Victorianism. Police and military ueber-power, and the > unrestricted > dominance of a capistocracy. I get that. Government brings wonderful things? Right, like concentration camps. > [Platt] > You missed the point. Insulated and tenured professors at Duke presumed the > students guilty before a trial by jury. Again, refer to Lila if you've > forgotten the immorality of that. As for strange tangents, everybody keeps > telling me here that everything is related. You disagree? > > [Arlo] > I'm sorry, a lot of people, not just "insulated faculty" but many people > across > America presumed guilt before a verdict on that one. But this has nothing to > do > with the points at hand. If you are so eager to talk about the Duke case, > start > a thread. It was appalling, in my opinion, but its not the first time a crowd > with torches has lynched someone before a fair legal proceeding. I don't see those professors being fired for defamation like Imus. Why not? ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
