| fatslob-:O said: Now your the one making the strawman. I said they can "choose" not to abide by the law but that however doesn't mean it's not their responsibility to follow the law ... Then how do you explain the fall of the roman empire despite the fact that they still had authorities just before the fall ? In the end it is the citizens that must respect the law and you know it ... It doesn't get anymore obvious that a nation's rebellion is stronger than the total authorities strength. That is shown over and over again when we look at history ... Except it's different. Companies are just sending profits to tax paradises which is pefectly legal whereas the citizens of Greece are underreporting their personal income which equates to tax fraud. False equivalency on your part ... The former acted within it's own bounds, the latter did not ... It's the 99% that's the issue, not the 1% ... Self-responsibility is about been held accountable for one's own power or control as per Dictionary.com's definition. That means the individual is the one responsible for their own crimes and other things including financial investments. There's no dodging this one for you ... |
Want to know how the Roman empire fell? It was corrupt, the people running it were also mentally mad and they made enemies across Europe who gained the upper hand, very few rebellions actually succeed unless the are people with power helping, why do you think dictators stay in power for years even all their lives? Toppling the authorities is harder then anything for local people.
Where do you think a number of Greek people where sending their money? Timbuktu? Offshore accounts are one of the major issues so no it's not different you're contradicting your whole argument here.
Finally the site has 6 different meanings for self responsibility one of them is on one's own initiative or authority, you know like looking after number 1 like the Greek people were doing, nice try though.
