| capitalj |
11-01-2006 09:38 PM |
You support vandalism, yet respect personal responsibility and ethics. You abhor the law for being "artificial and man-made" yet personal responsibility and ethics, which you hold in esteem, are also human inventions. Some mental gymnastics going on there.
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You may or may not agree on specifics of tax law, but surely you agree that there HAVE been proven instances of the IRS summarily garnishing someone's property only to later be proven wrong.
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Of course I agree that tax laws are sometimes misapplied. It is wrong and unfair when it happens, which isn't as often as some would believe.
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If by many cars you mean a 1961 Volkswagen bug with 300k miles, sure.
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Of course I mean nothing of the sort, but I suspect you already know that.
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Any modern car can be driven on a straight road at 90 MPH with total safety.
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That is simply not true. It is possible to drive at that speed without incident. In my youth I did so, a few times in my mother's old Bug, and faster in my old Chevelle, on the narrow curved back roads of Cape Cod. But that does make it safe. A flat tire, strong gust of wind, or animal darting across the road, will have very different results at 90 mph than they would at 65, even in a shiny new, modern car - especially a small, lightweight model
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As far as the law, I have no respect for civil statutes whatsoever. I mostly hold them in contempt. I respect personal responsibility and ethics, but not law, which is artificial and man-made (usually to the benefit of the rich and powerful).
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The poor, weak and powerless don't have offshore holdings. ;)
I enjoy ranting debates as much as anybody else, but we've drifted a bit from the original topic - and we certainly won't change each other's mind. Shall we call a truce? :)
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