Corner Cases Example

[andrewducker]

Here's a perfect one:
1)German employment law states that if you've been unemployed for over a year then you must take any job offered to you.
2)In a bid to cut down on the trade in women and other mistreatment of prostitutes, Germany has legalised brothels.

Can you guess what the end result of this is?

Read about it here.

I'm looking forward to reading your responses to this one :->

Comments

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'd been wanting to see another example of what a "non sequitur" is! That was really helpful!

[stillcarl.livejournal.com]

Well, you're the one whinging about where your hard-earned dollars go. The obvious choice for you is to quit your job so you won't have to pay income-tax and stop buying things so you don't have to pay sales-tax and then you'll be where you want to be.

So, you don't have to pay taxes if you don't want to, it's entirely your own choice. It's not as though you're being forced to, is it?

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

That's not a very good argument, since it could be used to justify any tax expenditure.

[stillcarl.livejournal.com]

Well yes. But still no different to you believing the unemployed should have to take any job offered or have their benefits taken away. Their choice is take this job or starve. Your choice is pay your taxes or starve. If you don't want to pay any taxes you have an option that'd allow you not to. But if you're not willing to take that option then you've no right to insist others should have to.