To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (44942 ) 1/26/2006 2:48:30 PM From: Solon Read Replies (1) | Respond to "Jail and force are both moral consequences of the failure to pay taxes. If one believes a law is unfair, one may seek remedies within the law "siliconinvestor.com "Because it based on COERCION BY THREAT OF USE OF DEADLY FORCE! That's why! ".Message 22087473 "Any program dependent on taxation is kept in place through at least indirect or implied threats of deadly force. ""Secondly, you have now finally admitted that gov't ultimately relies on the threat of the use of that force "I am trying to make a distinction between governments which use force to legitimately further civilized and moral values, versus governments which use force to promote criminal activity. I am trying to point out that "force" is a neutral concept, and may be moralized only in circumstance and context ""Surely we have no disagreement on the obvious fact that Governments enFORCE the Constitutional Agreement and legislation that flows therefrom ""Jail and force are both moral consequences of the failure to pay taxes. If one believes a law is unfair, one may seek remedies within the law "Message 22064191 have had NO DISAGREEMENT on the obvious point that all people use force including people in Government. My point was that deadly force was illegal beyond very limited and specific circumstances. All people (including those working on behalf of Government) may use deadly force--but not carte blanche.
