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(...) Libertarianism doesn't speak to it directly except to say that if you feel you're your brother's keeper, that is fine, keep on keeping, but that does not mean that everyone has to contribute to support your sense of obligation. Hence, my taxes (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't agree. (Well, it just fits withing my B.K. philosophy.) I've lived overseas most of my life (1). In countries which are allies or even just friendly to the US, I appreciate (a minimal part of) the presence that the US keeps, especially (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think arming the KLA is a bad idea - they started this chapter of the war afterall and so Serbia brutually fought back. I was watching a program of the history of the conflict and Milosevic - the hard man of Europe. It was the Kosovo (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree. How is that modified by your having committed to do so? (...) What if you're on US business? If your answer is still to let them rot, then I disagree. I also think that there are times when it's simply in the best interest of the (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry, could you restate the question, not following you here. (...) Do you mean US government business? Or just business of a US firm? If the former and it was diplomatic, sure. We have to enforce the rule of law between nations, diplomatic (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Right, sorry. If you committ to be a keeper in some form, and then the assumed ward reveals moral shortcomings, what's is your behavioral response? (...) I do mean US government business. What if it is as a soldier? -- Sincerely, Christopher (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Try to fix, then disengage if the (implied) contract becomes null and void. I help my relatives out of respect, admiration, and love. Why do you love someone? Philosophical question... but if I stop respecting my relatives I don't have that (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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