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Originally Posted by Makedde
I don't know who the IRS are, I'm not America, so I don't know.
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Ok, you're not American, you just wanted to comment on the American tax system because you love taxes so much... Got it.
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I am not sure if we have similar people here who avoid paying taxes. I don't think the polititians pay taxes, and I think they should. If I have to pay, then so should they.[/font]
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Ok, but the issue is - IRS agents who don't pay their taxes are not threatened with criminal prosecution. Should the IRS be able to continue to criminally prosecute other citizens before it acknowledges the double standard and changes the law?
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Which proves that avoiding paying taxes is a crime, theft or not. If someone is against paying taxes, why can't they simply argue against it, instead of deliberately evading the system?
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ROTFL. Argue against it? To who?
An armed IRS agent demanding money?
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Because a crime was commited, like it or not, Snipes committed a crime, and he knew that. He just didn't care.
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Ever heard of Civil Disobedience? Some laws are immoral. They deserve to be challenged.
Would you have supported slavery when it was legal?
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Snipes is guilty of both.
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LOL. One cannot be guilty of tax avoidance - because it's not illegal:
"Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible. He is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the Treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes. Over and over again the courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arraigning affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible, everyone does it, rich and poor alike and all do RIGHT, for nobody owes the public duty to pay more than the law demands." Weeks v Sibley; Edwards v. Commissioner; Helvering v. Gregory, and 60 Federal 2nd 809, Judge Learned Hand.
"A pure trust is not illegal if formed for the express purpose of avoiding taxation." - Weeks v. Sibley, (D.C.) 269 F. 155.
From The Department of the Treasury, IRS Handbook for Special Agents p. 412; Tax Avoidance Distinguished from evasion, states:
Avoidance of taxes is not a criminal offence. Any attempt to reduce, avoid, minimize, or alleviate taxes by legitimate means is permissible. "
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Yes, my money is my money, and I don't think the Government should be taking my money from me, eithor. But I look at it this way: At the end of the year, I file my tax return and get a nice check in the post a few weeks later. You get over half your taxes back, so it's like the money is simply borrowed, and returned.
I can honestly say I don't miss the money, and the big fat check in the mail is like a nice payday for me.
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I would say you've presented a good example of brain washing here.
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He's a celebrity. We all know celebrities could get away with murder. 
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Straw Man. Snipes committed no act of violence. He was acting peacefully. The government threatened him with force if he did not comply.