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From: norm@ariel.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: New topic: property status of information
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Date: Mon, 21-Nov-83 12:03:38 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 21 12:03:38 1983
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Wexelblat says: 'As one of my heroes once said, "Propery (sic) is theft".'

This is a beautiful example of the fallacy of the stolen concept.  In this
case, the stolen concept is "property".  The concept of theft depends upon
the antecedent concept of "property" for any meaning.  The fallacy of the
stolen concept consists of attempting to invalidate or deny one concept
by means of using another concept whose genetic root is the concept one is
trying to invalidate or deny.

Of course, Russian princes weren't the only ones to make this mistake...
--Norm Andrews, ariel!norm