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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8186)	10/30/2001 1:57:32 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Oil fields are owned by the countries on top of the oil fields. Hmmm.... does that mean that every farmer's field is rightfully owned by the government? Seems to me that in communist societies you're argument would certainly apply. But the heart of a capitalist society, and one that represents individual rights, is that property rights should be decentralized as much as possible in order to create proper stewardship. Since the property is actually owned by a private party with an interest in preserving it's economic benefit and intrinsic value. So I do agree that owning property is the foundation of freedom. Thus, the crux of the argument is whether such nations have an obligation to recognize laws in other nations that are contrary to our own during wartime.. It's comparable to whether the north had the right to deny the south the right to own slaves. Or whether allegedly marxists such as the Sandinistas had the right to confiscate property from Nicaraquan property owners... Obviously marxists have had no compulsion about nationalizing private assets under their centralized control, showing utter contempt for the those who hold individual property rights sacred to the concept of freedom.. So should we also be able to make the argument that centralized nation-states without such property rights are "fair game" since we don't acknowledge their right of ownership?? Just a hypothetical question... Hawk

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