It&#x27;s interesting to see a group of people who self-identify as being part of the hacker community - through their presence here - tacitly endorse violence to achieve their ends.  And make no mistake about it, taxation <i>is</i> violence.<p>Don&#x27;t believe me? Try not paying &quot;your&quot; taxes sometime, and wait and see how long until the State sends men with guns to arrest you.  And then try defending yourself against these men with guns.<p>We can do better than this.  We should be promoting non-violent self-government, not embracing a system which is completely predicated on the use of violent force to ensure compliance.