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Originally Posted by Xenophon
Shaggy wrote:
in response to my example of 'buying' a book at knifepoint. He's put his finger on exactly the issue I was trying to illuminate -- process matters!
In this case, the end result is "the same" as if I had purchased the book from him. (Yes, I realize my analogy is not perfect, but still...)
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It's not the same at all.
Someone buying something from me that I want to sell, and someone "buying something at knifepoint" from me that I don't want to sell, have completely different results. Sure, in both cases I end up with money and they end up with a book. But there are big differences in the results which have nothing to do with whether or not the buyer used a knife.