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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by pjc50 on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:48AM (#17265924)
qv the other thread on meaningless work, sometimes people find value in living in a city and neighborhood that isn't completely focused on extracting the maximum economic value at any cost.
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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by wafflesraccoon on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:57AM (#17266031)
Side point, what does `qv` mean at the start of your comment? I can't find anything with 30 seconds of Googling.
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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by pjc50 on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:58AM (#17266042)
Sorry, "quod videt", I should just write "see also"
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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by DINKDINK on Friday June 08, 2018 @03:03PM (#17268674)
>people find value in living in a city and neighborhood that isn't completely focused on extracting the maximum economic value at any cost.

More power to them. But why should we use violence means against peaceful people?

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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by pjc50 on Friday June 08, 2018 @03:45PM (#17269071)
What does violence have to do with any of this, unless some of the noise-related altercations are getting out of hand?
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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by kinsomo on Friday June 08, 2018 @04:10PM (#17269272)
> What does violence have to do with any of this, unless some of the noise-related altercations are getting out of hand?

I think this guy is one of those hyper-libertarians who equates government regulation with violence.

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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by DINKDINK on Friday June 08, 2018 @06:17PM (#17270189)
>hyper-libertarians

Pacifist, anarchist, libertarian call it whatever you will; at the end of the day you are supporting a system where peaceful people will either be imprisoned or have their property stolen if you don't do what men with guns tell you to do.

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