Quote from: Hawker on April 26, 2013, 04:46:07 PM

Yes. That's why they are only used for small communities.

I thought that had more to do with the agency in question wanting to keep it's monopoly.

Quote from: Birdy on April 26, 2013, 04:47:18 PM

Quote from: myrkul on April 26, 2013, 04:40:53 PM

So, where you live, men with guns force people to accept obligations they don't have to. Your point?

They have to. That's the point. If you watch someone die and could have helped without problems you can be taken to court for it.
And I have no problem with this, because basically you are an asshole if you do so.
Would you let some random stranger die, if there was no risk involved in rescuing him?

Probably not. But I'm not obligated to do anything.

Quote from: Birdy on April 26, 2013, 04:47:18 PM

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Kindly answer the question I have posed: What is the first thing you would say to someone who flipped the switch to save you?

I would thank him. What's your point?

That is my point. If someone does something they're obligated to, there's no need to thank him. You don't owe him anything. I'd bet you anything that the first thing you would say is "Thanks, I owe you one," or words to that effect. If he was obligated to save you, you wouldn't owe him.

Quote from: Equilux on April 26, 2013, 04:48:46 PM

"Thank you ... for not neglecting a very obvious responsibility you have, unlike some that try to uphold some very childish beliefs about radical freedom"

or maybe

"Thank you ... for have the mental capacity to figure out that if action or inaction has such grave consequences you do have an obligation and it being "forced" has nothing to do with anything"

Try again, this time without the intellectual dishonesty.