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Re:The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person by hammock on Monday April 22, 2019 @08:14PM (#19724418)
That explanation doesn't hold up to scrutiny, since slaves had some rights as well as being property at the same time. Or animals.
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Re:The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person by maxerickson on Monday April 22, 2019 @09:24PM (#19724820)
Most places when confronted with that inconsistency have eventually stopped treating people as property.
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