Re: [twuug] Space Shuttle Columbia blows up on reentry!

[James <freedomadvocate@xxxxxxx>]

> I have read alot of the conversation today, and I am coming into this a bit
> late. Jeff, I think you are way off key. We are not here for ourselves and
> should not act in this sense. We should rather be here for the common good
> and to better life with the brief time we share on this Earth. Our
> explorations into space are truly a remarkable thing, it is helping us (yes
> that is humankind I am refering to) understand the wonders that surround
> us.

Stalin and Marx would be proud of you. They've probably got a pot of chicken 
waiting for you over in Moscow with which I'm sure you'll gladly share with 
all the rest of the starving x-socialists over there.


> Truly Jeff how much have you personally contributed to the NASA
> program. Probably less then .000000000001 so your little contribution is
> far from extortion. Btw, extortion is what cops do to criminals. Are you a
> criminal? 

The police practice legalized extortion only when they enforce tax laws that 
collect money for anything other than the protection of our collective right 
to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our government was created to 
protect these rights and any funds collected to do anything other than this 
function could safely be said to have been extorted from those collected 
from.

  Extortion \Ex*tor"tion\, n. [F. extorsion.]
     1. The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting
        anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any
        undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.
  



> Taxes are not voluntary but they do supply you sir with MANY MANY
> things you surely seem to take for granded. In so many words, look beyond
> your little existance and dreams for they affect the rest that inhabit this
> small little planet.

Because taxes are not voluntary by nature is what makes them extortion when 
levied inappropriatly. All of these things you say I take for granted could 
easily be provided by private industry. If every service that the government 
now provides, beyond the protection of our collective rights, were provided 
by private industry/charity I wouldn't be forced to pay for that unwed 
mothers abortion. I wouldn't be forced to support someone who continues to 
make poor choices in their life to the detriment of people who really need my 
help.


> And No the world does not revolve around you. Just for
> clarification. I am appauld t! hat you can possible think of yourself
> instead of the 6 people that just died serving the greater cause.

God forbid I should think of myself. This is the problem with socialism, 
nobody has enough value individually to be worth anything. It is because of 
this apalling disregard for the individual that the citizens of socialist 
countries suffer so. Does anybody really want America to become a Borg ship? 
Because this is where the collective ultimately ends! Where is Picard when 
you need him?

James


PS: I think this is another case of misguided direction of response. You were 
probably upset with what I said and not Jeff. Caused by not top posting??? We 
may never know...  :)




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