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O'Donnell, Tim BOSI · 20 May 2009, 09:10 · from 2009-May.txt.gz

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From: Tim.O'Donnell at bankofscotland.ie (O'Donnell, Tim (BOSI))
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 10:10:32 +0100
Subject: (urth) (no subject)
Message-ID: <63FB9AC7E0AEC7459DBCC99DC44247CA031FA6A4 at BOSIDEXDB.Bankofscotland.ie>

I agree with you totally here Adam.

How is "theft" defined outside of the idea of "property"?  
Given that what is the fundamental basis for assuming that people have a right to property?

Can you clarify your ideas Brunians?

Have you read Rouesseau?

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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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