Fair Taxation

[David Floyd]

Good argument Duncan

Berz,

Sounds like we pretty much made the same argument, to which the only response I've seen has been along the lines of "Poppycock". Not real strong, eh?

[Berzerker]

Hehe

[Dinner]

Here is how the debate seems to be going.

Duncan- "A" is right.

Everyone else- But that doesn't take into account B, C, and D.

Duncan- A is right.

Everyone else- but if A was right then we would see E, F, and G. We don't see E, F, and G so A must be wrong.

Duncan- A is right.

Everyone else- A can't be right because of condition H.

Duncan- A is right.

Ad naseum. ..

[Az]

Look, this debate is ****ing useless, unless we agree on an common ethic code first, as presented under the following arguement:

Cry me a ****ing river, this has nothing to do with me.

We must debate the ethics first, and we must all remain open-minded about them. When we do reach a common ground, then and ONLY THEN, we can debate about the nature of the socio-economical systems we discuss. We both feel like we're talking to walls here, you know.

[MRT144]

duncan the communist fez?

[Az]

no he's not. He simply subscribes to different ethics than you do.

I am not sure what they are, but since we haven't debated them yet, I don't think that just dismissing them does any good to the debate generally, and to your pov, in particular.

In short, we need a new thread.