The Devil in a Forest

Adam Thornton · 19 May 2009, 18:26 · from 2009-May.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 13:26:11 -0500
Subject: (urth) The Devil in a Forest
In-Reply-To: <5107.67.142.130.18.1242757334.squirrel at brunians.org>
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On May 19, 2009, at 1:22 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:

> Socialism is criminal.
>
> Socialism is the idea that theft is OK if it's done by the government.
>
> The difference between war and socialism is that war is sometimes  
> necessary.

How do you define "criminal", or "theft", without a legal code against  
which to define those actions?

How do you enforce a legal code in the absence of a government?

How do you pay for a government?

What does this have to do with Gene Wolfe?

Adam

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