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From: Jack Hollis on 23 Dec 2009 16:26 On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:19:23 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: >I don't feel like government tells me how to run my life >at all, except for ignorant drug laws and the sort. Do drug laws stop you from using drugs?
From: BAR on 23 Dec 2009 16:28 In article <vl25j51hd04tk69n87t7j48ep5lgq62915(a)4ax.com>, xsleeper(a)aol.com says... > > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:19:23 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> > wrote: > > >I don't feel like government tells me how to run my life > >at all, except for ignorant drug laws and the sort. > > Do drug laws stop you from using drugs? Gray areas, its all gray areas. And if you are an adherent of situational ethics it is all about the definition of "law."
From: Chris Bellomy on 23 Dec 2009 16:29 Jack Hollis wrote, On 12/23/09 3:26 PM: > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:19:23 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> > wrote: > >> I don't feel like government tells me how to run my life >> at all, except for ignorant drug laws and the sort. > > Do drug laws stop you from using drugs? Do taxes stop you from being rich? cb
From: Jack Hollis on 23 Dec 2009 16:29 On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:16:36 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: > I seriously do not even begin >to feel like the government tells me how to run my >life except for legal paternalism type stuff like that. Are you saying that you pay your taxes willingly? Is it possible that if you paid a lot less taxes that you would have more life choices than you do now?
From: Chris Bellomy on 23 Dec 2009 16:36
Jack Hollis wrote, On 12/23/09 3:29 PM: > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:16:36 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> > wrote: > >> I seriously do not even begin >> to feel like the government tells me how to run my >> life except for legal paternalism type stuff like that. > > Are you saying that you pay your taxes willingly? Willingly, gratefully, happily. Others volunteer for military service; I express my patriotism differently. > Is it possible that > if you paid a lot less taxes that you would have more life choices > than you do now? To answer it as you phrased it: yes, it's *possible*. It's also *possible* that had I paid a lot less taxes that I might have accidentally cured cancer. Neither are at all likely. I would have had very few options in life had I been born into a libertarian paradise like Somalia. cb |