X-Message-Number: 21817 Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 20:41:26 -0000 Subject: definition of theft From: <> Kitty wrote: >> Your long tirade in defense of collecting monies stolen from others, whether one, a dozen, or a 100 million, is philosophically immoral. And yes, tax money is expropriated - stolen ... If you wish to justify government theft and its use for *any* purpose, >> The people of the USA through their courts and laws DEFINE "theft." Now, *some* Americans may well have a different definition. Obviously you do. But as far as the people of the USA, they (collectively) do not have the same definition of theft as you do. I think that is obvious. >> If you were not responsible in anyway for your broken neck, then someone else was through their violation of you or simply negligence - accidents don't just happen. >> Ah, no. Accidents DO sometimes just happen. If James had been crippled by a falling metorite (for example), whom would he sue? Some deep-pockets deity, perhaps? No offense meant by my comments here. But I just could not resist. The whole "hardcore" libertarian-extropian-cryonicist philosophy is interesting, but it has its limits, IMO. A break from quantum physics and qualia, then? --randy Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21817