Re: LOTR and 20th Century Western European Prejudices

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (phil hunt) wrote:

> On 03 Dec 2003 04:38:39 GMT, Jeffrey C. Dege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:27:18 +0000, phil hunt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>On 02 Dec 2003 06:11:50 GMT, Jeffrey C. Dege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Europeans believe that it is perfectly acceptable to steal the property
> >>>and labor of others, if enough people think it's a good idea.
> >>
> >>As do all civilised people, AFAIK.
> >>
> >>(Has there ever been a society with cities and writing, but not 
> >>taxes?)
> >
> >The question isn't taxes, but the use of taxes.
> >
> >Using tax authority to take money that will be used for a public service
> >is not theft.
> >
> >Using tax authority to take money that will be given to someone else
> >is theft.
> 
> Guess what? You don't own the English language, and have no 
> authority to define how its words are used.
> 
> And guess what else? Nearly everyone apart from you choses to use 
> these words differently.

thats why these people keep saying republic not democray
if they acknowledged they lived in a democracy
they would be obligated to obey the rules other people set up
instead of their world where they have inalienable rights
somehow created and enforced by the big bang