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Originally posted by Flame Of Liberty@Sep 16 2005, 08:36 AM
How is that any different? People kill other people, in all economic and political systems.
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Quantity.
I have no qualms whatsoever walking around Albany with a $600 digital camera.
Do that in Somalia and you're as good as dead. With no law enforcement, you have no property rights. It's not "what's yours is yours and what's mine is mine". It's "I'm keeping what's mine and stealing what's yours". And you can't do a damn thing about it. Unless you want a 24 hour security detail around you at all times.