The Devil in a Forest

David Stockhoff · 19 May 2009, 19:09 · from 2009-May.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 15:09:18 -0400
Subject: (urth)  The Devil in a Forest
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Adam, please don't heckle the comedic stylings of our very own Josh Geller. 

He's on a roll!


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Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 13:26:11 -0500
From: Adam Thornton <adam at io.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) The Devil in a Forest
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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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