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Old 2013-02-21, 20:32   Link #195
Triple_R
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Originally Posted by Kaijo View Post
When people are starving, sometimes they don't have time to wait to work through the bureaucratic system. And I'm actually okay with poor, starving people stealing more than just food, since they need money to pull themselves up. I don't think anyone who hasn't been incredibly poor, can really understand what it is like to be that way.
That doesn't mean it's Ok to steal.


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But as for the laws, tell me, if Congress legalized slavery again, would you abide by those laws?
Are you really equating laws against stealing with laws in favor of slavery?


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If it were up to me, I'd give everyone free health care and a basic living wage. It's actually cheaper to house and feed people, then it is to clean up after crime.
I find this a bit hard to believe. You're going to have to crunch some impressive numbers to make me believe this.
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