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Old 07-23-2009, 09:47 PM   #202
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Originally Posted by Jaime_Astorga View Post
But that is only the case because there was a system imposed so they could make financial gains from something that wouldn't happen otherwise! Your argument is like saying abolishing slavery is immoral, because it causes slave owners financial harm. Yes, it does cause financial harm, in both situations, but that "harm" is only there because government laws made things such that they could profit from them.
Yeah, because that's the way commerce works. I have something, someone else wants it, they give me money for it. The government also made laws saying someone can't just klunk me over the head and take my stuff because they don't want to pay for it. I like those laws.
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