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Old 10-06-2008, 01:03 PM   #45 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BonnieDundee View Post
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.
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."
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.
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