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- From: cdm@pmafire.inel.gov (Dale Cook)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.153842.18622@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 15:38:42 GMT
- Organization: WINCO
- Subject: Re: The Criterion for Ecocentrism
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- In article <-1363910743snx@Gilsys.DIALix.oz.au> gil@Gilsys.DIALix.oz.au (Gil Hardwick) writes:
- > > that over the last 75 years or so the absolute ownership of property (of
- > > all kinds) has been eroding, but that is NOT how the underlying law of
- > > the land was originally written.
- >
- >In Australia, I repeat, there is no absolute ownership of land as a
- >component of personal property since all of it is vested in the crown,
-
- Actually, it's true here in the US as well. I think it's just a matter of
- degree. The governement here can condem land for the public good and take
- it for its use through due process and eminent domain. Building roads is
- a classic example. In practice, Gil, how often does the Crown in Australia
- take people's land from them? Is there a court process that is followed?
- Is there compensation to the occupants of land "owned" by people whose
- land is taken for the public good?
-
- If it's not done often, and there is a court process, then your system is
- very similar to ours. I wonder, then, if that makes us communistic?
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- ...Dale Cook "I don't much care how a man prays -- there's plenty of
- room in hell for all of us." --- "Mad Jack" Duncan
- The opinions are mine only (i.e., they are NOT my employer's)
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