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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by ipnon on Thursday December 29, 2022 @09:42AM (#34173041)
It doesn’t denote property. “I have to go.” Do I own “to go”?
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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by jacquesm on Thursday December 29, 2022 @09:44AM (#34173065)
The 'have' in that sentence is not followed by a verb, but by a person.
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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by quickthrowman on Thursday December 29, 2022 @10:23AM (#34173521)
I have a wife. I have 10 programmers who code for me. I have a mother and father. I have a best friend. I have a guy who mows my lawn.

All of these examples are ‘have’ followed by a person, and none of them imply ownership.

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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by jacquesm on Thursday December 29, 2022 @10:25AM (#34173541)
I think this was covered in 7 out of the 9 other comments in this thread already.
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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by itsyaboi on Thursday December 29, 2022 @11:49AM (#34174578)
Do you feel that your responses to each subsequent comment have added value to this thread? Would editing the your parent comment have been the less selfish approach?
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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by jacquesm on Thursday December 29, 2022 @08:18PM (#34180452)
Those in glass houses...
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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by itsyaboi on Friday December 30, 2022 @09:44PM (#34192948)
It's time to stop.
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