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Originally Posted by P_Funk
Ah I see. So since I'm in Canada any opinion I have is irrelavent unless its about Canada.
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"Any OPINION". Yes, opinions are like butts, everybody has one. An opinion is not a small sacrifice nor charity. The relevance of your opinion is irrelevant to this fact.
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What difference does it make if its my country? We're discussing the idea. If it were in my country I'd feel exaclty the same way. Its their country and their government and they're using their own tax revenue. I'm just agreeing with it.
Your argument is irrelavent. This is just an abstract discussion. Your accusation is also, laughable.
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My comment was the statement of a fact, not an accusation, much less an argument. But if this is just an abstract discussion what are you agreeing with? Are you an idea? If you are agreeing with the object of this thread then you agree with a concrete situation, not abstract at all.
Your ideas, yes, are irrelevant before the fact: an idea, like an opinion, does not make a small sacrifice nor charity. So you have declared that you see nothing wrong with making small sacrifices and charity but so far have done neither while not only agreeing that Brits do it but declaring it an obligation. Since your money isn't involved at all it's easy to conclude that it's easy to do charity with other people's money. If not, why can't you just say so? "No, I consider it harder".
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If it were in my country I'd feel exaclty the same way.
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Yes, feel. You see, you feel and have an opinion and an idea. I'm sure the smokers appreciate your feelings but none of those qualify as small sacrifices or charity in the monetary sense which is the object of discussion (fairness) of the thread.