At 01:06 AM 9/22/96 -0700, Dale Thorn wrote:

If you live in the U.S., that govt. is your agent, carrying out your representatives' instructions, and paid with your tax dollars. Unless and until this becomes a literal dictatorship (and there is a valid argument that it applies even then), you are responsible for whatever your paid agents do, from the street cop to the top politico.

whether you, I, or Joe Blow is more guilty, for lack of participation or some other citizen crime, but you can't put all the blame on your hired agents for their crimes, when you know very well what kinds of things they do, and you continue to fund them. You have to be considered an accessory, at least.

I hereby dismiss all employees of the federal, state, or local governments who may be working as my employees or agents and specifically disclaim all actions they take on my part. Note, BTW that your argument is the same as saying "If one pays taxes, one is subject to Nurenberg liability for government crimes." Which is therefore an argument in favor of tax evasion. DCF