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Re:Train burglaries in LA by zorpner on Friday January 14, 2022 @03:57AM (#29932135)
The idea that an individual has "[the] right to protect oneself and one’s property" is fundamentally inconsistent with the existence of slavery throughout most of humanity's history.
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Re:Train burglaries in LA by kqr on Friday January 14, 2022 @04:31AM (#29932374)
It's not, though. The Roman idea of protecting oneself and one's property extended to one's slaves (which counted as property).
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Re:Train burglaries in LA by snowgrove on Friday January 14, 2022 @03:59AM (#29932146)
Obviously, but that isn’t what the GP comment asserted and it isn’t the statement I replied to.
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