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Re: Bitcoin confusion?

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From: Charles Richmond
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 07:46
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On 2/8/2018 7:20 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2018-02-09, Dan Espen <dan1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>> Gareth's Downstairs Computer
>>> <headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 08/02/2018 11:12, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Now possibly taxes might in some way not be a debt, but they look
>>>>> like one to me.
>>>>
>>>> Taxation is a protection racket promoted by those who ride
>>>> its gravy train.
>>>
>>> Taxation is a way of funding common services that benefit "all". (FSVO
>>> "all")
>>
>> Hey, it's simple civics but I see you have at least 2 cynical replies
>> so far.
> 
> "Clear analysis of any situation is often mistaken for pessimism."
>    -- Barbara Hambly: The Walls of Air
> 

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those 
who have not got it."  -- George Bernard Shaw

-- 
numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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From: Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com>
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Subject: Re: Bitcoin confusion?
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 01:46:27 -0600
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