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I`d say if someone if threatening your life,self defence is ALWAYS justified
Great so we agree on that.
Unfortunately it doesn't answer scarlettleeds question. I'll ask it again in case you missed it
Whoops, great minds and all that...
Where did you get that idea from ? Propaganda works well for sure.
And using words like "are" and "is" to express propaganda IS propaganda.
OK next time someone comes to take away that money try holding on and saying no.
Just try it for scientific empirical evidence.
TIP/CAVEAT:Some experiments are dangerous,so in the interests of your health try to limit the amount of times you say no and the tightness of your grip.I suspect you will still gather enough evidence to form a solid theory.
what are you talking about ?
What do you want to know ? ? ?
Do you believe that it is justified to kill people to avoid paying tax
I want to know what your perspective is, why, and where you stand on the existence of states.
I want you to respond to the countless points raised to counter yours throughout this thread.
Seeker, since every else seems pretty clear in their perspective, that states do exist, for good or ill - what is your overall belief about the exsistance of states?
That reply seems a strange one to my suggestion for gathering some real scientific evidence. Try it for just one "no". That should be enlightening. I speak from experience.I`m older than you assume
Maybe if you give everyone the benefit of your experience, than everyone can understand where you are coming from. Come on, be benevolent.
back in the early seventies i had a shop.
i got thrown in jail for something and lost my shop.
not long after my release i was contacted by the tax man about the shop.
i didn't pay a penny on two years business.
he didn't threaten to kill me or even kidnap me.
over a few months of meetings and paperwork they accepted my story ...that i couldn't remember anything.
all i could remember was funding a huge drugs habit ...i could prove i was a drug addict and it was impossible for them to get me to remember anything.
it was decided that seeing as i would stick to the story of being in such a drug fueled haze even in court ...to drop it.
i was exc8used ...didn't pay a penny.
for some strange reason i even got a tax rebate a few months later!
took the money and ran.
I get the feeling that you are not going to get an answer. It looks like someone is out for the "glory" of being banned, I guess some people feel the need to appear rebellious when actually they just conform...
Why is it that I have the image of someone who hasn't had to make their own way through life...?
What no-one has apparently mentioned is that countries and states are extensions of the territorial instinct in animals. Paul Colinvaux wrote a good book about it. 'The Fates Of Nations'.
Simple answer. Seems obvious to me."States" ARE a mental construct.I have no first hand evidence to the contrary nor has any ever been presented to me.