Matthew Weber wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:

Tony Elka wrote:

You do realize that Texas was part of Mexico before we stole it?



Texas was actually stolen four or five times and one
time Mexico was the thief when they stole Texas from
Spain. Texas was originally stolen by the Europeans
from the Indians who thought owning land was a ridiculous
concept.


And look where that attitude got them!

I've always been puzzled why people thought that how things end up was a
surprise. If you took someone who somehow was not aware of the history
and said to them: You've got two societies of people on the same land:
One group does not believe in private property ownership, and the other
one does - which one do you think over time will end up taking posession
of and claiming - how else can you put it? - *ownership* of that land?
I'm not saying it's right, or that how it was done was right, but I
often question the honesty and intelligence of people that act appalled
at how it ended up. I mean - it should be a required question on any
intelligence test, and anyone who anwered that the group that didn't
believe in private property ownership would end up displacing the group
that did should be put in the moron category regardless of how they
answered any other questions.

Bill Putney
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