Re: Politics and morality

"Lucien Saumur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I am a Canadian citizen and have been all my life. <

Then you are implicitly a party to the Canadian constitution, as if you had
put your name upon the document.

> To help others is not a universal purpose. <

Whatever...

> If the state decides to raise the taxes or to impose a new tax, does it
have to rewrite the agreement or is there a blanket agreement that the state
may take whatever it wants, which would mean, in the end, that all the
people's property belong to the state? <

The agreement is that a democratically elected legislature will determine
what public programs are required and how the money will be raised by taxes.
The fact that they are only in power for a short time, and must be
re-elected to office, is the safeguard against excessive taxation.

> Power comes from a combination of strength, weapons, intelligence,
knowledge and strategic position. <

Not if you're in jail. The first of the two snipers who murder ten people
has been arrested, tried, and sentenced to death. But you're right in that,
prior to his arrest, he exercised considerable power over the lives of
others. Let's hope that the power that comes from a community of moral
people will always be stronger than the power that comes from the immoral
individual. (Any "amens" out there?)