Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!apollo!nelson_p From: nelson_p@apollo.HP.COM (Peter Nelson) Newsgroups: alt.individualism Subject: Re: Phil Ronzone's stereo Message-ID: <481c597f.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> Date: 18 Jan 90 16:14:00 GMT Sender: root@apollo.HP.COM Distribution: usa Organization: Hewlett-Packard Apollo Division - Chelmsford, MA Lines: 22 keith@pawl.rpi.edu (Keith D. Weiner) posts... >Umm, people? I just started reading alt.individualism again, and I noticed >an argument about property. >The correct approach to this question is: "Who created the property?" It is >THIS person who owns it. He (she) may then transfer ownership voluntarily >to someone else. This is just an assertion. How does Mr. Weiner propose to demonstrate the truth of it? I propose, as I have all along, that the Real World is the ultimate arbiter of all truth. And in the Real World your "right" to a piece of property is a complex matter based on custom, law, and your immediate resources and ability to use those resources to successfully defend your property rights. ---Peter