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Originally Posted by jlmwrite
. (The eastern bloc country rationalization made me laugh -- wonder if his grandparents waited in hours-long lines for toilet paper as was common in certain eastern countries years ago, or if they just stole it because it wasn't commonly available?)
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You know what, I actually had to wake up at 5 in the morning and stay in line for hours, once every couple of days back when I was 5 or 6 yo, because they gave milk rationalized by household members, and you had to show up to get your .5 liter of milk.
You could never relate to this reality unless you lived it. I'm not laughing when I remember it.
Out of 100 people in that line, if one guy would show up and say "hey, I've got a cow I stole from the communist party - want milk for free? come and get it!" I wonder how many would. Sure, most would say "stealing is wrong, how could you?". And certainly one can live without milk products. If you can't afford it, you won't starve. But you can't bake a cake either
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It's easy to be moral and point fingers when you have plenty.
But that rant above was about milk, not ebooks.