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To: Monkey Face

all real crime is theft.
all real crime is theft -in one way or another- of the victim's time.
time is the one thing which, once expended, cannot be replaced... and no one knows how much time they have until they use it all up.
in that way, time is the essential possession of human life, and any theft of any of it is, in this wise, murder.


1,185 posted on 01/07/2007 6:25:33 PM PST by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: King Prout
"... time is the essential possession of human life, and any theft of any of it is, in this wise, murder"

No wonder I hate sleep.

1,187 posted on 01/07/2007 6:35:59 PM PST by NicknamedBob (My tuner doesn't have good taste the way it used to!)
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To: King Prout; NicknamedBob; Monkey Face; Irish_Thatcherite; sionnsar; fanfan; ...

Hi all!

Looks like I have quite a bit to catch up on.


1,188 posted on 01/07/2007 6:38:03 PM PST by tuliptree76
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To: King Prout
Glad I'm not the only one to have drawn that conclusion. Well said.

Now, how do we get the rest of these oxygen thieves to stop stealing our lives?

1,208 posted on 01/08/2007 6:35:32 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be.)
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To: King Prout

That's true, KP. And it explains why victims feel so violated, and why from that first offense, they continue to look over their shoulders.

This would have been really funny if I didn't need the beat-up $500 grocery-getter. I can't afford to replace it.


1,211 posted on 01/08/2007 7:27:26 AM PST by Monkey Face ( ...Man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude... Wm. James)
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To: King Prout

That means, all trolls on FR could be guilty of capital murder....


1,213 posted on 01/08/2007 7:34:14 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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