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I never suggested anyone could be coerced into consuming a public resource.
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Yes you did. You said exactly that:
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It bothers me that even if the majority of citizens want their tap water to be flouridated, I am being coerced to consume the same thing.[/B]
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The majority of citizens do indeed want their tap water fluoridated and thus by saying that if this condition is satisfied, you are suggesting exactly that, "I am being coerced to consume the same thing."
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But given it's ubiquity, ease of access, and low price, alternatives are not always feasible given individual circumstances.
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Considering your willingness to make uninformed decisions, I fail to see how that is anyone's problem but your own. The decision is yours to make, just as it is your choice whether or how much to use other public services such as medical care or transit. The associated costs of the decisions you make is yours to bear.
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Public resources are designated for this purpose. I am not being coerced into consuming tap water, but should I wish to, I am being coerced by what may be understood as the majority decision to consume fluoride.
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You are using two definitions of the same word here. Only one is right, and it is the one that is not qualified by the use of its antonym "decision." Surely I don't need to point this out.