do you know how hard it would be today not to pay taxes? when thoreau didn't want to support the mexican-american war, he simply did not hand over the $6 poll tax to the town collector. now it requires an profound transformation of one's way of life. david gross is doing this because of iraq, and blogging it on "the picket line" . he himself, i should mention, says it's not as hard as it's made out to be. heroes always say that.