On 11/12/15 16:37, Ranger wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 11/12/15 11:08, Ranger wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 10/12/15 19:58, The Todal wrote:
On 10/12/2015 19:33, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:39:53 -0000, The Todal
wrote:

On 10/12/2015 16:51, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

I see floods all over the news. Why should sensible people like
me who
didn't buy a house in a flood plain have to foot the bill for those
that
did? The government is paying millions to "victims" of flood.


Don't worry, you won't be asked to foot the bill. Now you don't
need to
worry about spending all that money on Christmas presents.

All taxpayers foot the bill, even though they don't get flooded.


Ah, understood. Why should I help foot the bill for extra police
security in our cities when I was firmly opposed to the Iraq war
and to
the proposal to bomb Syria?


Why should I foot the bill for primary education when I don't have
children?

Because it's quite a bit cheaper to do that than to pay the much
higher cost of dealing with the dregs of country that dont bother
to send their kids to school when it isnt free and compulsory.

Well there you go. That's essentially the same answer to the question
"Why should I help foot the bill for extra police security in our
cities when I was firmly opposed to the Iraq war and to the proposal
to bomb Syria"

No that is a quite different question.

Because its cheaper than dealing with syria and the like by
recolonising them and teaching them how to play nice?

That isn't even possible let alone morally acceptable.

It's perfectly possible and morality is not an absolute thing. One man's
morality is another man's sacrilege.



That worked REAL well with Iraq.

No, it was never attempted in Iraq.



It is however perfectly possible to provide free school education
paid for by almost everyone, even those who dont have any kids.
Almost everyone because clearly those whose entire income is
benefits aren't paying for that.


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the biggest threat to humanity comes from socialism, which has utterly
diverted our attention away from what really matters to our existential
survival, to indulging in navel gazing and faux moral investigations
into what the world ought to be, whilst we fail utterly to deal with
what it actually is.