[kiriakasis]

Right, indeed I think that in this situation eating the salad does not prevent you from criticizing the party.

But this is the point, you were "forced" to pay for something and you would be okay with not getting it. If only the people who paid for the Christmas party were invited that would be okay.

Do you think this reasoning should also apply to streets and hospitals?

(I am specifically referring to using the word "forced" and the moral implication of using it)

[mac01021]

> Do you think this reasoning should also apply to streets and hospitals?

Probably not.

But neither do I find it hypocritical to utilize publicly funded medicine (since you already paid in) while also opposing it (because you would be willing to forgo it to avoid paying in). The opposition is perhaps cruel or inconsiderate of others, but certainly not hypocritical. People who construe it as such are either confused or intellectually dishonest.