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I'm sure his academic work is beyond reproach. But when he picked rape as a metaphor for taxation - or, it appears, for taxation used for purposes he doesn't like - he deliberately chose one of the most emotionally charged crimes there is, and he's not so stupid as to not know it.
In other words, he established the moral equivalence between the literal act of rape and taxation. Not the readers.
Have you ever read Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"? Why is it widely utilized in college literature courses?
evil people would see having to be a part of SOCIETY which means others, NOT JUST THE SELF which is what conservatives stand for as being a victim of a violent crime.
shows how sick and beyond selfish and anti christ like their minds are.
Liberals just do not get it and never will. As an example of this they came howling out of the woodwork and made post after post on this thread with personal attacks on Williams, long rants on why taxation is good and why confiscating other peoples money and property is a wonderful service that government provides, and finally, comments on the literal act of rape, which was never the focus of Dr. Williams remarks. As a Black intellectual and educator that rejects the socialist/entitlement mindset that the Democratic Party and leftists demand from African Americans, Williams has long been the target of much criticism from these groups. His calm, logical destruction of liberal theorys and ideology is just too much for the left to tolerate, thus the attacks.
He used the word rape to incite.
It is, at best, inaccurate; at worst, immature and flaunting a major crime by minimizing its affect on the general population, particularly young women.
If he couldn't find other words to use, then he's not worth reading.
Perhaps he'll be so lucky, as will those who purposely flaunt the word to incite, to have that particular crime perpetrated upon them, and/or those that they love.
Then it won't be so funny, or used to try to make a stupid point.
Dr. Walter Williams explains the immorality of the liberal position:
"Once one accepts the principle of self-ownership, what's moral and immoral becomes self-evident. Murder is immoral because it violates private property. Rape and theft are also immoral -- they also violate private property. Here's an important question: Would rape become morally acceptable if Congress passed a law legalizing it? You say: "What's wrong with you, Williams? Rape is immoral plain and simple, no matter what Congress says or does!" If you take that position, isn't it just as immoral when Congress legalizes the taking of one person's earnings to give to another? Surely if a private person took money from one person and gave it to another, we'd deem it theft and, as such, immoral. Does the same act become moral when Congress takes people's money to give to farmers, airline companies or an impoverished family? No, it's still theft, but with an important difference: It's legal, and participants aren't jailed."
If rape is legalized, you could be eligible to become a rapee.
Strawman's arguement since a rape "victim" or a murder "victim" or a theft "victim" has no control over those circumstances. However one does have control as to whether or not they want to give their "earnings" to the Government though.
To compare rape/murder/theft to being taxed is quite absurd. However Wesley Snipes has the same attitude about taxes so perhaps you can be cell mates!
In order to be in "servitude" there must be a master. Who are you suggesting that is?
Taxes do not seem to me to qualify as "servitude". They are an obligation I have to the country I live in.
No, children of today don't owe anything to the Fed. The fed's role is money creation.
I don't "owe" anything to the fed, for example -- the Fed simply confiscates my purchasing power and redistributes it among the primary dealers (Goldman Sachs, et cetera).
. In fact the damned fed owes us, at their TARP bailouts and Wall Street fraud.
I will once again ask all those people offended by Williams rape analogy to explain to me why Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is widely taught in college literature courses.
If rape is legalized, you could be eligible to become a rapee.
Care to rethink your position?
Williams ain't trying to legalize rape he is trying to delegalize theft. Do you have a problem with making stealing illegal?
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Oh the fact that GM bailout actually worked?
. In fact the damned fed owes us, at their TARP bailouts and Wall Street fraud.
