Re: The Phoenix has landed!

Earle Jones <earle.jones@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <EZKdnfgQpr7GC6fVnZ2dnUVZ_sTinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Robert J. Kolker" <bobkolker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

TheBicyclingGuitarist wrote:


fnord

Well Bob, IF we find life on Mars, it will help us understand more
about EVOLUTION, and that can have many applications to help not just
this nation but all humanity (provided the religious fundamentalists
don't blow us all to hell first by their craziness). fnord

What does finding life on Mars have to do with national defense or the
protection of the rights/property of U.S.A. citizens?

I have no objection to Mars exploration per se. I object to it being tax
funded. Taxation is theft and we should have as little of it as national
survival requires. Curiosity is not an itch that tax payers should be
required to scratch.

Bob Kolker



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What about the potholes in the street by my house? Should the
government use my tax money to fill those holes? Or perhaps each
homeowner should get out with his shovel and fill them?

What about the education of my children? Should the government use my
tax money to fill those holes?

Of coursd we've done the education experiment. Public free education
is a rather recent innovation as these things go. I believe that the
evidence is that the entire nation benefitted by having an educated
populace.

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--- Paul J. Gans

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