Comments on: The $250,000 Focal Point http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/05/the-250000-focal-point/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: uknowbetter http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/05/the-250000-focal-point/#comment-22555 uknowbetter Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:11:48 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3071#comment-22555 The initiation of force or fraud is nearly always wrong. Defending yourself with force against force is not wrong.<br><br>The right answer is to take a gun and stick it against someone's head who is minding their own business? I think you might need to look up the word 'right'. The initiation of force or fraud is nearly always wrong. Defending yourself with force against force is not wrong.

The right answer is to take a gun and stick it against someone's head who is minding their own business? I think you might need to look up the word 'right'.

]]> By: Decline and Fall http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/05/the-250000-focal-point/#comment-22554 Decline and Fall Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:54:08 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3071#comment-22554 Sure it's use of force. But who says that force is always evil? If there are things that nearly everyone agrees the government should provide (police, military, etc.), then force, <i>qua force</i>, is not absolutely evil. Some things are so important that the only right answer is to force people to pay for them. Thus, the battle is, as it always has been and always will be in the real world, not one of principle but one of compromise and weighing of costs vs. benefits. Sure it's use of force. But who says that force is always evil? If there are things that nearly everyone agrees the government should provide (police, military, etc.), then force, qua force, is not absolutely evil. Some things are so important that the only right answer is to force people to pay for them. Thus, the battle is, as it always has been and always will be in the real world, not one of principle but one of compromise and weighing of costs vs. benefits.

]]> By: uknowbetter http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/05/the-250000-focal-point/#comment-22553 uknowbetter Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:11:48 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3071#comment-22553 The initiation of force or fraud is nearly always wrong. Defending yourself with force against force is not wrong.<br><br>The right answer is to take a gun and stick it against someone's head who is minding their own business? I think you might need to look up the word 'right'. The initiation of force or fraud is nearly always wrong. Defending yourself with force against force is not wrong.

The right answer is to take a gun and stick it against someone's head who is minding their own business? I think you might need to look up the word 'right'.

]]> By: Decline and Fall http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/05/the-250000-focal-point/#comment-22552 Decline and Fall Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:54:08 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3071#comment-22552 Sure it's use of force. But who says that force is always evil? If there are things that nearly everyone agrees the government should provide (police, military, etc.), then force, <i>qua force</i>, is not absolutely evil. Some things are so important that the only right answer is to force people to pay for them. Thus, the battle is, as it always has been and always will be in the real world, not one of principle but one of compromise and weighing of costs vs. benefits. Sure it's use of force. But who says that force is always evil? If there are things that nearly everyone agrees the government should provide (police, military, etc.), then force, qua force, is not absolutely evil. Some things are so important that the only right answer is to force people to pay for them. Thus, the battle is, as it always has been and always will be in the real world, not one of principle but one of compromise and weighing of costs vs. benefits.

]]> By: Joe R. http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/05/the-250000-focal-point/#comment-22551 Joe R. Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:01:09 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3071#comment-22551 1) "If" is the key word. But "if" we don't raise taxes, then there's no class warfare.<br><br>2) It's not just the action of raising taxes, it's the rhetoric behind it. It's the difference between outlawing sawed-off shotguns, and outlawing sawed-off shotguns because only inbred redneck hillbillies use them. 1) “If” is the key word. But “if” we don't raise taxes, then there's no class warfare.

2) It's not just the action of raising taxes, it's the rhetoric behind it. It's the difference between outlawing sawed-off shotguns, and outlawing sawed-off shotguns because only inbred redneck hillbillies use them.

]]> By: Joe R. http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/05/the-250000-focal-point/#comment-22550 Joe R. Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:52:56 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3071#comment-22550 If you don't like my anti-tax attitude, you can go to Sweden or something and start PAYING taxes.<br><br>Why does this argument only cut one-way? People like you are the mirror image of the Minutemen, lining up at the border to reject people who aren't like you. If you don't like my anti-tax attitude, you can go to Sweden or something and start PAYING taxes.

Why does this argument only cut one-way? People like you are the mirror image of the Minutemen, lining up at the border to reject people who aren't like you.

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/05/the-250000-focal-point/#comment-22549 Will Wilkinson Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:48:58 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3071#comment-22549 The "works for a non-profit" side. The “works for a non-profit” side.

]]> By: Solar Hero http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/05/the-250000-focal-point/#comment-22548 Solar Hero Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:28:15 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3071#comment-22548 Which side are you on, Will? <br>Which side are you on? Which side are you on, Will?
Which side are you on?

]]> By: uknowbetter http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/05/the-250000-focal-point/#comment-22547 uknowbetter Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:06:18 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3071#comment-22547 lol. Taxation is immoral. That doesn't mean there are forms that are less immoral than others.<br><br>My life belongs to me and not to thee. lol. Taxation is immoral. That doesn't mean there are forms that are less immoral than others.

My life belongs to me and not to thee.

]]> By: uknowbetter http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/05/the-250000-focal-point/#comment-22546 uknowbetter Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:03:03 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3071#comment-22546 The principle is the use of force. I have very little issue with government projects that are paid for through voluntary contributions or user fees.<br><br>You basically are sticking a gun in my face and demanding I pay for things because you think they are good. Well, isn't that special? How is that different, in principle, from sticking a gun in a woman's face and demanding she have sex with me because I think that is good?<br><br>Force is force, no matter how you dress it up, and how many people you have in your gang. The principle is the use of force. I have very little issue with government projects that are paid for through voluntary contributions or user fees.

You basically are sticking a gun in my face and demanding I pay for things because you think they are good. Well, isn't that special? How is that different, in principle, from sticking a gun in a woman's face and demanding she have sex with me because I think that is good?

Force is force, no matter how you dress it up, and how many people you have in your gang.

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