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Originally Posted by armor99
But "forced charity" is a horrible thing. ....
My taxes should be used for things that I can at least in part derive benefit from. ....
Once it [charity] is no longer a voluntary act the value of it is lost.
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I selected some sentences in your post which seemed "key" to me. These appear to be expressions of "feelings" or "values" which are unprovable. Maybe you think the sentences I deleted prove them, but that wasn't clear to me.
The point is that "zealotry" is somewhat in the eye of the beholder. Yes, I'll believe there is a wide variation in people regarding how willing they are to listen to others and respect their opinions. But we all have unprovable values. You are using yours to justify a certain position on a public policy question. (It appears to me that you think we shouldn't have any tax-supported aid to the poor. Maybe I'm overlooking something you said.) How do you draw the line between using unprovable values to justify a position on gov't actions (presumably an acceptable behavior) and "zealotry" (a bad behavior)?
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