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Re:In a remote corner of Romania, neighbours kill each other... by buro9 on Friday November 20, 2015 @02:52AM (#10600164)
> never learned to solve their problems in a civilized manner, because they haven't seen that in practice

Oh they have. They've observed that the people with the most power (legal or otherwise), force, or money get what they want.

They've observed that the only way to not lose their land is to stand on it with weapons and physically confront those who would take it away from them.

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Re:In a remote corner of Romania, neighbours kill each other... by andreiv on Friday November 20, 2015 @03:07AM (#10600196)
It really depends on how far the physical confrontation goes. You can't farm the land from prison. That's the "best case", when they go to prison. If they're wounded, for example, and can't move, they become a burden for the remaining family members.

I do agree that they are filled with hopelessness with regards to the legal process of solving problems. This falls into the same abuse category of loosing their lands, with the exception that it's not by force, but by law...

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