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Re: Latter Day Saints (was:Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color))
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Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:45:32 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote
> Lar:
> > > Do you or do you not believe that it's right to take ("by force or
> > > fraud") money from those who have?
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> Moz:
> > I believe it is not merely right, it is a moral imperitive.
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> He did not qualify that to say "it's OK when governments do it but not
> when people do"...
No, because it was in a context where we were talking about the behavior
of governments. I say again, it is necessary to distinguish between behaviours
that are appropriate for the community as a whole, and those appropriate
for individuals. Taxation/theft/sharing is *not* appropriate for individuals,
but is an essential part of most communities.
Moz
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