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To: PatrickHenry

Interesting - the statement itself is self-contradictory.

5 posted on 12/29/2003 9:12:40 AM PST by general_re ("You shouldn't treat people like objects. They aren't that valuable." - P.J. O'Rourke)

To: general_re

the statement itself ["property is theft"] is self-contradictory

Yes, but it's subtle. You have to really think it through to spot the fallacy that's hidden therein.

6 posted on 12/29/2003 9:23:31 AM PST by PatrickHenry (Hic amor, haec patria est.)

To: general_re

The statement comes from Proudhon, from a book published circa 1840, in French. He was talking about private property. The statement should be understood as "private property exists as the result of robbery."
http://wyllie.lib.virginia.edu:8086/perl/toccer-new?id=ProProp.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=2&division=div1

8 posted on 12/29/2003 10:42:42 AM PST by CobaltBlue

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