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From: Carbon on 23 Dec 2009 17:15 On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:28:33 -0500, BAR wrote: > 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." Situational ethics. Is that where the strongest grab everything and then the history books say they were right?
From: BAR on 23 Dec 2009 17:18 In article <FrWdnSLqwtHNEK_WnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d(a)supernews.com>, ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc says... > > 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. Disgusting.
From: BAR on 23 Dec 2009 19:11 In article <4b32966f$0$4855$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says... > > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:28:33 -0500, BAR wrote: > > 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." > > Situational ethics. Is that where the strongest grab everything and > then the history books say they were right? Does Obama know that he can get hummers from interns in the oval office while talking to Nancy Pelosi?
From: Jack Hollis on 23 Dec 2009 19:26 On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:29:12 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: >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? No, but they stopped me from being richer. Perhaps I could have retired at 50 instead of 55.
From: Jack Hollis on 23 Dec 2009 19:30
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:36:15 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: >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. I'm happy to pay taxes for some things, like the police and the military but not for others, like Social Security, Medicare, public schools (K-12 and colleges) and hundreds of other things the government have no business being involved in. |