Re: a quick thought
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Indeed. I have been long been sympathetic to your point that the moral argument for AC isn't very compelling. Some people do reject the notion that "taxation is theft"; I think Arfinn in a previous thread convincingly pointed out that one's moral stance, which I think can only be only internally subjective, will cause the rejection of many the arguments repeated by some proponents on this board.
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Its not very compelling only because many ACists use inflammatory language. But when you get right down to it democracy is a majority rule. You arent allowed to disagree or you will be thrown in jail. What arguement can possibly justify the violent enforcement of positive rights? I have yet to hear one.
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You make it sound a little more awful then it is. Democracy is the same as arbitration, we agree to decide something and then both sides, winners and losers, agree to be bound by the decision. Now obviously the difference is that in our current system not all people agreed at birth to be bound. Not that it's a small difference, but it's not hard to understand.
Cody
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