Re: charity at the point of a gun (Re: dbts: Privacy Fetishes, Perfect Foregone)(fwd)

[Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>]

Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk> wrote:

> What is annoying is "charity" (social security) at the point of a gun.
> Our "conscience" is being decided by government which is acting as a
> broker for those lobby for their "need" and for your assets to be
> stolen and redistributed to them.
> 
> What people aren't willing to pay for shouldn't happen.  Period.  If
> that means people starve well those complaining loudest had better
> dig deeper into their pockets.

Imagine one of your kids had an accident and needed more expensive care
than you can pay for. Would you accept government "charity"?