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WCDT strips 4306-4310 (13-17 July 2020)
Gnabberwocky:
"I @#$% TRIED TO @#$% SWEAR AND MY @#$% BODY WOULDN'T @#$% LET ME"
BenRG:
Ouch! There goes her voder! Poor May! I'm wondering if this is the edge of the cliff and the component failure cascade is just going to keep getting faster and worse until it isn't possible to keep her body in a functional condition.
--- Quote from: Farideh on 13 Jul 2020, 21:52 ---May would like a profanity filter about as much as Roko liked the Oopsieguard ™
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Or she gets a replacement that isn't fully compatible with the chassis and she can't alter its settings so that she's stuck on RMLI-Goldie Horn/Miz Mary Sunshine! Having your voice suddenly changed would be pretty disturbing!
N.N. Marf:
--- Quote from: Tova on 12 Jul 2020, 20:11 ---Your tax dollars are going to a service which you may or may not (directly) receive either way.
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Exactly. It's unfair to put "directly" in parentheses, because someone's going to interpret that as, if it's not a direct benefit, then it's an indirect benefit, which is not true. If I don't get any benefit from participating, don't make me participate. I think hedgie knows what I'm talking about:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 12 Jul 2020, 21:18 ---My entire working life, I've been paying for a bloated military budget and wars of aggression.
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Let me emphasize: if someone gets a benefit from my participating, then they should be ready to compensate me for my participation. If they're destitute, then it's a matter of insurance---I might become destitute someday, so can everyone. One way to resolve problems where "force everyone to participate" is a solution, is draft a pledge of participation effective when enough persons so pledge. Some american anarchists moving to New Hampshire that way. When enough persons pledge to participate, each will fulfill his pledge or risk reputation reduction.
(click to show/hide)I've been forced to receive "benefits" I'd rather avoid.
Tova:
--- Quote from: N.N. Marf on 14 Jul 2020, 01:15 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 12 Jul 2020, 20:11 ---Your tax dollars are going to a service which you may or may not (directly) receive either way.
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Exactly. It's unfair to put "directly" in parentheses, because someone's going to interpret that as, if it's not a direct benefit, then it's an indirect benefit, which is not true. If I don't get any benefit from participating, don't make me participate.
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You've misunderstood me in two respects.
Firstly, you've completely ignored the "or may not" part of the sentence.
Secondly, I'm not putting it in a way that is subject to interpretation. I'm explicitly stating it. The way you say "someone's going to interpret it" is precisely how I intended my post to be interpreted.
Whether or not any specific spending truly is a societal benefit, on the other hand, is absolutely up for debate. And obviously there is some spending that liberals think society benefits from that conservatives don't. And vice versa.
BUT if you're saying that you only care whether you personally benefit directly, and don't care to participate whether society benefits or not, them I'm afraid we must part ways.
Gyrre:
An example of people actually benefitting would the portion of our taxes that go to fund public schools. Even if we don't have kids, we might have a doctor one day that went to our local schools.
EDIT: avoiding double posting.
--- Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 13 Jul 2020, 22:37 ---"I @#$% TRIED TO @#$% SWEAR AND MY @#$% BODY WOULDN'T @#$% LET ME"
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I was thinking more along the lines of; "What the parsnip?!?! Alright, I wanna talk to the sea-sawwing rabbit-puncher that designed this!!!
[I would have changed the font, but the 'font face' coding doesn't appear to change anything in the preview.
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