At 16:01 +0000 2/9/01, Charlie Stross wrote:
>I notice that Americans seem to be fanatical about defending their
>property -- to the use of lethal force. My take on it is that *no*
>property is worth risking your life -- or anyone else's life, for
>that matter. Lost or stolen property can be replaced: lives can't.
>Another cultural marker ...
1. Wasn't the Gulf War about property rights?
2. Weren't the British active participants in the Gulf War - using
lethal force to protect those property rights?
3. Why is it okay to wipe out thousands of soldiers and more than a
few innocents to protect property rights on a country scale, but it's
not okay to protect property with lethal force on an individual scale?
Regards,
Chris Russo
--
"If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought
or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet
hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance
which does harm."
-- Marcus Aurelius, MEDITATIONS, VI, 21
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