She was well, well rid of him, that's for sure. A pettier, more mean-spirited tirade would be hard to find. Anyone who could write that missive, even in an absolute rage, is too childish to be involved in any sort of relationship. It's full of the things grade six girls say to each other: nobody likes you; people who say they like you really hate you and trash you behind your back; I'm better than you, nyah, nyah, nyah, so there.
If he ever grows up (which is theoretically possible, since, after all, he's only 20), he will be excruciatingly embarrassed to have written this.
As a non-American citizen currently living on American soil, I (perhaps understandably) tend to think that the rule of law somehow ought to apply to people like me, too...
Well, yeah, the "force will be used" argument is technically true enough, but then, it applies equally to any level of taxation at all, down to a tenth of a cent.
I do apologize to Daniel for thinking his name was a blog handle intended to be some sort of position statement, and being, mm, more than a little bit snarky in referring to it. Sorry, Daniel - I ought to have known better.
But I repeat: with government as with anything else, you get what you pay for. Even libertarians don't advocate abolishing government entirely; that's anarchism. (BTW, I just re-read Romain Gary's "Lady L"... greatly recommended, if you can find a copy. An elegant little book, beautifully structured, works on lots of levels, and it stands up well to multiple re-reads. It includes a fine satiric portrait of early anarchists.) So even with libertarians, the debate is really about which level of taxation is justifiable, not about whether taxation inherently equals robbery at gunpoint; the "backed with force" argument tries to prove too much, and ends by proving nothing.
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