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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by rosser on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:09PM (#17813852)
My comment was about kids mowing neighborhood lawns, not their own.

Please try to address the argument I actually made.

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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by a1369209993 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:33PM (#17814038)
I was; my comment was about the purported lack of repercussions for disobediance.

Also, you were responding to:

> a teenager mowing the lawn for their parents

which was about their (owner's) own lawn.

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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by rosser on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @07:07PM (#17814691)
The full quote I was responding to is:

>>>> What's the difference between a teenager mowing the lawn for their parents and someone paid to mow a lawn?

In response to which, I said:

>>> The kid getting paid to mow neighborhood lawns has:

Selective quoting tends to change the context a bit, don't you think?

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