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Originally Posted by BonnieDundee
That only depends on dodging readings mate. If you are talking about thou shall not steal. It depends on defining a particular action as theft which is highly debateable.
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Well, the Bible was been watered down so much, translated, censored, re-written so many times to make it almost useless as a moral document.
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Not that I support the welfare state I just don't like arguments which simply go "it is wrong because it is theft."
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Well, there's much more to my libertarianism than that, it's just that this specific argument happened to focus on that. As I said in another post, I like to accept Bastiat's view, which incorportates both utilitarian and ethical libertarianism.