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From: Matt Grimaldi matzeb...@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 17:22:29
To: Killer Bs \(David Brin et al\) Discussionbrin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: Re: Br!n: Libertarian Morality--Up with good King John,
down with Robin Hood.
That falls in with IAAMOAC. There are dues to pay when you
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Trent Shipley tship...@deru.com wrote:
It started me thinking about the bases of libertarianism and American
conservatism. Previously when I had thought of libertarianism, I had
not thought of it as particularly based in a moral principle.
Good for you...
While writing this I tried to imagine how a certain kind of libertarian
thought about the world. It is a shallow exercise in participant
observation. To appreciate what I wrote you must at least partially
empathize with our libertarian subject.
Nick Arnett wrote:
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:42
Trent Shipley wrote:
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The moral principle that taxes are theft suffers from a similar
limitation. Logically taxes ARE theft.
Newspeak!
I stand behind this. When theft is understood as any taking, except as
punishment, then taxes are logically a form of theft. It's a logical
--Up with good King John, down with
Robin Hood.
Trent Shipley wrote:
...
The moral principle that taxes are theft suffers from a similar
limitation. Logically taxes ARE theft.
Newspeak!
I stand behind this. When theft is understood as any taking, except as
punishment
