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Originally Posted by SleepyBob
But you are not entitled as a resident/taxpayer. You are entitled in a different way.
So I can see how someone may have read the sentence as written, rather than as intended, and been uncertain which they meant. Debating whether non-resident fee-based users harm the system is also a valid discussion.
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It’s been clarified over and over. I regret that I wasn’t clearer at first, although I think the focus on ethics/morality does indicate the point of the poll, bolstered by the examples I gave. I also think it would be difficult to argue that it was immoral to buy something from an entity at the price they charge. I’m saying that as someone who has posted more than once that fee cards don’t seem to be a good value for the issuer.
Anyway. I recognize the difficulty. I tried to make the question non-judgmental, but obviously any issue which explicitly mentions morality is going to be loaded. I find it interesting that so far no one’s been willing to admit in an anonymous poll that they use a card to which they’re not entitled, when over time I’ve spotted several posts where it was admitted openly. I’d like to get a sense of how prevalent the practice is. I’d also love to find out why people do it, but I realize that’s unlikely. I’m going to do a follow-on post with conjectures and perhaps people will be willing to follow suit. The critical difference between “I” and “they”.
ETA: I’ve reworded the original question. Part of the reason for the obscurity was that I ran out of characters.