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12-23-2005, 01:09 AM
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Re: Civil War arguments
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No. Government *REQUIRES* the use of (unprovoked) force. [/ QUOTE ] Why do governments require the use of force? My definition of government comes straight from Hobbes and Locke. Are you trying to say that a government is only a government when there is killing? How about if there was a government, but there was not taxation and no war; would that NOT be a government in your eyes? It seems to me that your bias against government is not letting you see what they actually are. 
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12-23-2005, 01:16 AM
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Re: Civil War arguments
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[ QUOTE ] No. Government *REQUIRES* the use of (unprovoked) force. [/ QUOTE ] Why do governments require the use of force? My definition of government comes straight from Hobbes and Locke. Are you trying to say that a government is only a government when there is killing? How about if there was a government, but there was not taxation and no war; would that NOT be a government in your eyes? It seems to me that your bias against government is not letting you see what they actually are. [/ QUOTE ] Without taxes, the only way the government can support itself is through slave labor, which is force.
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12-23-2005, 01:17 AM
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Re: Civil War arguments
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[ QUOTE ] No. Government *REQUIRES* the use of (unprovoked) force. [/ QUOTE ] Why do governments require the use of force? [/ QUOTE ] How are you planning on paying for it? How are you planning on implementing any government decisions? [ QUOTE ] My definition of government comes straight from Hobbes and Locke. Are you trying to say that a government is only a government when there is killing? [/ QUOTE ] Killing isn't the only form of force.
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