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Re: stuff (was: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:58:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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> > Yeah, they can starve here just as well as anywhere else.
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> Right you are.
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> But why were they starving where they were?
You tell me. It could equally be war, persecution, bad weather as crop
failure.
> Were they starving enroute?
As long as they were still physically capable of work, what does it matter?
> And why would they starve once they *got* to libertopia, if they wanted
> to work? (and, since there's no public assistance, why would they want
> to come to libertopia if they didn't want to work?)
You are confusing wanting to and actually getting work swiftly enough or having
the means to get back out. Perhaps they had a disease no one (including them)
knew about. Perhaps in despair they shot themselves (borrowed a gun from a
passer-by). I'm sure you can come up with any number of logical reasons.
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> > But who buries them?
> > That costs money and presents health problems if not done.
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> Right again.
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> I'd say, where were they when these hypothetical immigrants died? • That
> is, whose property were they on, and why? Rotting bodies are a form of
> pollution and a public nuisance, which isn't allowed. You don't get to
> harbor disease vectors, that's negligent.
Your property. They flopped over dead there by sheer random chance (perhaps it
was a simple heart attack). So you are saying they become your personal
liablity?
> Your flippant comebacks turn out to be quite amenable to logical
> analysis. Thanks for asking.
You're welcome.
Bruce
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| (...) Right you are. But why were they starving where they were? Were they starving enroute? And why would they starve once they *got* to libertopia, if they wanted to work? (and, since there's no public assistance, why would they want to come to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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