St. Paul and I Agree...
Taxation is not theft: "Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves." -- Romans 13 The key idea implicit here, and the one that turned me on the subject of whether or not taxation is theft, is that "every soul" owes obedience to the "governing authorities." Now, if that is a debt I truly owe , then, when those authorities levy the taxes they need to do the job of governing, I owe them those taxes, and attempts to collect them certainly do not constitute acts of theft. And obviously it doesn't matter at all, from this point of view, whether or not I "signed" any sort of "social contract." (In fact, the history of political thought since the Reformation can be read as an attempt to find a secular rep...
I'm not sure exactly what makes a chicken a "ranch chicken", nor am I sure how a domestic animal merits the title "free range."
ReplyDeleteChickens are omnivores, but maybe the ranch chicken is kept away from animal products (chickens enjoy insects and tiny mammals) and fed a pure vegetable diet. If you're really into being a vegan, a vegan pet could very well be the perfect addition to your family.
I think it means you're suppose to acknowledge vegans, as you bite into your ranch chicken, shaking your head and saying "better you than me!"
ReplyDeleteIf you only wish to acknowledge vegans, why would you waste your time with any kind of chicken? Sometimes, while whittling a rare t-bone with my teeth, I think of the vegans. I think: "You've got to be kidding me, statistically you're only buying six months with that kind of diet!" How much do we really value that last six months if we're to be attached to a respirator in a nursing home?
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