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Re: Customs question...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 23 Nov 2001 00:43:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > > I don't agree. In your situation you are knowingly and deliberately lying,
> > > breaking the law and trying to make some clumsy political point whilst
> > > doing so. I am disagreeing with the interpretation of the word “merchandise".
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> > Lets make this crystal clear... suppose you and I both lived in the US and
> > we had the same level of yearly sales (say 5 things a year, well below what
> > you and I do in actuality) and we had identical lots to buyers in the same
> > country (say OZ). Say the lot was valued at 20 USD. Say both buyers are
> > paying using the same payment mechanism. Say both buyers asked that the
> > customs form be marked gift because they feel customs duties are an unfair
> > restraint of trade. All these suppositions are to make this as apples to
> > apples as possible.
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> Their views/wants are irrelevant in this. It is *you* who are filling in the
> form. It is *you* who are deliberately committing fraud.
I haven't denied that I'm breaking a law.
> > What you're saying is that because you've rationalised this lot as "not
> > merchandise" for your moral convenience you're more fundamentally honest
> > than I am because I know it IS merchandise but agree that the buyer is
> > correct about the government not having a legitimate right to the money that
> > the duty represents.
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> > Is that what you are saying? Yes or no, and we'll proceed from there.
But you haven't given a yes or no answer to this question. Repeating, is it
your assertion that when you rationalise something for your convenience that
you're fundamentally honest than someone who deliberately disobeys a law
they find unjust?? Answer yes or no, or shut up.
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| (...) Your question is not valid. Post a valid one, and I'll do my best to answer it. That's the kind of guy I am. That's the kind of guy you are not. I thought it was thanksgiving? Should you not be spending time with your family? Scott A (25 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Their views/wants are irrelevant in this. It is *you* who are filling in the form. It is *you* who are deliberately committing fraud. Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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