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On 2003-03-07 12:05, Chuck wrote:
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On 2003-03-07 11:14, ToSeek wrote:
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On 2003-03-07 11:07, traztx wrote:
Land isn't yours until you can occupy it and defend it. All they can do about the stars and planets is declare names. There is no substance to any of it.
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I was thinking the same thing: I'll concede a claim to private ownership on the Moon when someone is actually standing on the land they're claiming, not before then.
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Well, that still seems rather arbitrary. If a street gang breaks into someone's house when no one is home and defends it, does that make it theirs? If you mean defend it successfully then it's might makes right and no other opinion means very much.
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I considered my constraint to be necessary but not sufficient: there's no point in talking about ownership of the Moon until ownership means you can do something about it. But so far as I'm concerned, if some corporation or organization is visionary enough to get to the Moon and start exploiting it, more power (and property) to them. However, I have a prior claim on my house, so I'd expect them to leave it alone.