From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Fri Oct 21 2005 - 14:01:49 BST
> [Case]
> What I really want is what everyone wants: loose shoes, good sex and a warm
> place to go to the bathroom. But here you go again with the guns and the
> paddy wagons. What's up with that?
That, my friend, is the power of government.
> You have admitted on many occassions
> that there are legitimate reasons for taxation. There are public purposes
> that government should serve. Where is the money for that supposed to come
> from? From your point of view it seems to be legitmate to point a gun at
> someone's head to pay for a cruise missle but not a tetnus shot.
You got it. A cruise missile is part of the nation's defense, a legitimate
government purpose as defined in the Constitution. Forcing me to pay for
my neighbor's visit to the emergency room because he has an ingrown
toenail is not.
> > Platt
> > Please explain how private corporations coerce personal income. Last time
> > I looked, I was able to spend my personal income after taxes as I
> chose.
> > [Case] Advertising is a subtile and subversive form of coersion.
> [Platt]
> I see. There's no difference to you between bringing home a 6-pack of
> Budwieser Light and being handcuffed and hauled off to jain in a paddy
> wagon. Amazing.
>
> [Case]
> There is a huge difference. Advertising is a much more subtile form of
> coersion and far more effective as a result. If you are truely concerned
> with powerful forces meddleing in your affairs, you might ought to consider
> that the guys compeling you with guns are too obvious to really be a treat.
> It is the sneaky ones who get you to do their bidding and surrender
> joyfully that are dangerous. Can you spell cheeseburger?
So you are smart enough to see through "coercive" advertising, but I and
everybody else isn't? We are all dupes of those clever, evil purveyors of
useless products? C'mon Case. We're all not that stupid, really.
Platt
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