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To: TigerPaw who wrote (11199)	2/8/2006 3:41:03 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541613

In many parts of the world ownership is more like a 99 year lease. In those parts of the world the law doesn't fully respect property rights but that doesn't mean the rights do not exist but rather that the expression of them is limited by law. To clarify I see property rights as a natural right, not meerly a legal right. It isn't the proper business of the government to say you can only own this property for 99 years or whatever period, than it is the proper business for you to come to my house and take my car. If you write me a check for the blue book value of the car as you take it you are still violating my property rights. "Note also that if someone really wants durable ownership they can .... " Durable ownership is the problem, not somekind of program to be expanded upon. I think that trying to take it away is a problem. Also my full sentence was " Note also that if someone really wants durable ownership they can still have it in your system." In other words your system doesn't "solve" the "problem". Tim