From: Jack Hollis on
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:28:33 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

>In article <vl25j51hd04tk69n87t7j48ep5lgq62915(a)4ax.com>,
>xsleeper(a)aol.com says...
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>> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:19:23 -0600, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc>
>> wrote:
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>> >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."


I never had any ethical questions about violating drug laws. I
consider drug laws to be the most egregious violations of individual
rights in the US.
From: dsc-ky on
On Dec 23, 7:11 pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> In article <4b32966f$0$4855$9a6e1...(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
> nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says...
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> > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:28:33 -0500, BAR wrote:
> > > In article <vl25j51hd04tk69n87t7j48ep5lgq62...(a)4ax.com>,
> > > xslee...(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."
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> > Situational ethics. Is that where the strongest grab everything and
> > then the history books say they were right?
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> Does Obama know that he can get hummers from interns in the oval office
> while talking to Nancy Pelosi?

"Rekon" if Nancy got one... she's be any less nasty? :)
From: Chris Bellomy on
BAR wrote, On 12/23/09 4:18 PM:
> 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.

You are starting to sound irredeemably bitter. Look,
whatever is wrong in your world, I'm not the guy who
broke it, ok?
From: Chris Bellomy on
Jack Hollis wrote, On 12/23/09 6:26 PM:
> 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.

If by "retired" you mean "permanently unemployed," sure!
From: Chris Bellomy on
Jack Hollis wrote, On 12/23/09 6:30 PM:
> 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.

Hey, I love peace and have to pay for war. That's just
how the deal works.