Samael wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
No not obviously theft. If an unowned resource is unclaimed, then it is
unutilized, it is abandoned.
> From: Dick.Gray@bull.com <Dick.Gray@bull.com>
> To: extropians@maxwell.kumo.com <extropians@maxwell.kumo.com>
> Date: 11 December 1998 17:50
> Subject: Property [was Re: The Education Function]
>
> >I think most people understand the idea of property as involving the right
> >either by
>
> 1) extracting an unowned resource or by
>
> 2) legitimate (i.e. uncoerced) transfer from someone who previously owned
> >
> >What exactly is your objection to property as usually defined?
>
> If you trace back (2) through its chain of ownership, you end up back at
> (1).
>
> (1) is theft. An unowned resource is available for the use of anyone. One
> it is claimed nobody else may use it. Obviously theft.
Mike Lorrey