Did God Give us Human Rights?

Yes, if the government is evil, then the only moral solution is to not have one.

But you don't really believe that government is evil. You believe that government functions that do not personally benefit you are evil. You hold positions only insofar as they logically follow from your egoism.

You are only in favor of those specific human rights that are of personal benefit to you.



I'm saying that you believe taxation is theft, but only when isn't of benefit to you personally.


I didn't say that you literally spoke these words, I said you demonstrated these arguments.

You have already established your position that property rights can be dispensed with to pay for your personal protection. The question remains if you hold this same position with regards to other public services as well.


So is taxation a violation of property rights, yes or no?

And of course your response is a non-response that advances no argument and takes no position, with the sole purpose of expressing your disrespect towards me.

How about you actually adress my argument for a change?





The fact that you disapprove of taxation except in those instances where it benefits you personally, specifically the protection of your personal wealth and the protection of rights that are of personal benefit to you.







How about adressing my argument now?


And as usual, you didn't bother to provide evidence for your claim.



Minimized, but not eliminated. Gotcha. So you are still in favor of robbing people to benefit yourself.

As usual, you are making a claim without any supporting evidence.



You have not demonstrated that, only claim it without providing any evidence or even any sort of argument to support it, in your usual manner.





That was not the argument. I am argueing that you believe in robbing people for your benefit, not that refraining from robbing people could provide you the same benefits.


I have literally provided a supporting quote literally in the post you just read. But since you have these convenient memory lapses whenever we talk about your beliefs and arguments, here it is again:

You believe that in order to pay for your protection, it is perfectly okay if the government robs other people. You've argued this at length. We don't need to discuss this as if it was in question.

But that's simply not true! You said it yourself. Only some people have the right to be protected, and you are among those who decide who gets that protection:



Only a few people have the birthright to be protected. Nobody is under any obligation to protect those not born with that birthright:



Your claim that you are advocating human rights for everyone is inconsistent with these other claims you made.

No. I provided correctly sourced quotes. You are the one who is making things up by denying that you made these claims.



Again, I provided supporting quotes. So stop lying.


Ad hominem. As usual, you are attacking me and making up nonsense, without providing even a shred of support for your argument.

That's exactly what I did the first time. All you have to do is scroll up.





That's exactly what I did the first time. All you have to do is scroll up.


Yes, the actual text where I posted your exact words.

You linked to the exact same post three times and there is nothing there that matches your claims. Nice try McAnswer, but no cigar.

Bob
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I've shown my work. It's not my problem if you prefer to reject reality and substitute your own.

The reality is that your "work" has no bearing at all on the topic under discussion. The reality is right there for anyone to see.

As usual, a claim presented with no evidence.




Complex Question Fallacy. Had I said the government should protect only me, you would have had a point. But since the protection is for everyone, you don't.

And since I never made any such claim, your point is also a Strawman Fallacy.





Yes, I agree.

Bob

Do you see these words anywhere in the text you quote directly in your response?
If you can't, then I didn't say it.

Try reading what I write, for a change. I guarantee that many of your questions concerned with what I am saying will be answered by simply reading what I said in the text.