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Re: Is space property?
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Date: 
Tue, 26 Dec 2000 09:21:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
Howdy and Merry Christmas all,

[snip]
Thoughts?

Chris

Short answer NO.

Long answer:
However Space-Time can be a form of limited property, and *must* be so!!!
This is due to the reality of SPACE. When people think of space they are
woofully ignorant as to what they are refering to. A 5m^3 chunk of space
200 miles above earth for example projects an occuping space(time) that
loops around the Sun each year and is several million miles long.
Not what you expected at all. So some one has to OWN (license, reserve
whatever) that tube of space-time to avoid crashing into others.
Just wandering in and saying this place is cool I'm hanging for a few
months may result in a unexpected intercept later on. Very un-cool [/:-)

DaveG



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  Re: Is space property?
 
(...) But, why not? (...) I don't buy the must part. I think what you mean is "ought to," right? (...) It simply depends on your inertial frame of reference. Why stop there? That same space is also spinning about the galactic core and rocketing away (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Is space property?
 
Howdy and Merry Christmas all, As you probably know, I'm one of the property-rights be-all libertarians here. But I've been fixating on the role of land (or locations) as property. I have talked about the generation of property (e.g. jars of clay) (...) (24 years ago, 25-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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