> >>Even if everyone voted democratically to make some minority of people >>slaves, that does not make slavery freedom. > > Paying taxes != slavery. You are more than free to leave. You can't be > bought or sold.
>The principle under discussion was whether a democratic vote is >equivalent to "freedom to choose". I gave a counter example to >disprove the general principle. Actually, as David's post indicates, you are probably in a minority in considering that the principal under discussion. I would really like to understand your point of view, but when you quote, almost perfectly, well known sentences associated with political viewwpoints and then are shocked shocked to see that people think you hold that viewpoint, understanding your viewpoint becomes nigh on impossible for me. I say this as someone who has sucessfullly understood why some folks are convinced that special relativity is false, so I'm at least average at understanding folks who are trying to communicate what they think. So, I thought of one simple question that would be extremely helpful in my starting to understand how you differ from folks who use the exact same words as you do, but mean different things. It is Is being taxed different from or the same as slavery? Dan M. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
