(urth) Gene Wolfe Fans Talk Politics (Again)

Adam Thornton adam at io.com
Tue May 19 13:46:30 PDT 2009


On May 19, 2009, at 3:43 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:

> Let me explain what I mean by consensual and non-consensual:
>
> The government wants you to pay taxes, which they are going to spend  
> on
> whatever. You or I may approve of everything they spend it on, or we  
> may
> approve of some of it, or we may approve of none of it. No matter:  
> we must
> pay. If we do not, legal processes will be begun against us, and we  
> may be
> forced to pay fines, or sent to prison or even (if we are extremely
> unlucky) killed.
>
> What I would like you (or someone) to explain to me is how this  
> process
> can be described as consensual. It seems to me much more like  
> extortion by
> threat of violence.

It is my choice to go live somewhere else without these restrictions,  
if I like.

Like Mogadishu.

Adam




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