[ExI] Property rights to the summit/was Re: Religious Idiocy Triumphs Over Science Yet Again

[Will Steinberg]

Then again, the law can be biased.  Westerners came to America, forced
people off the land, and wrote their own title deeds for the land.  When
the bullies write the deeds, how valid are they.  Those who have genetic
mantle of native Hawaiians may well argue that the claim is nullified
because the titles were given under duress.

How would you feel if China took over America, kicked you out of your
house, and rewrote the land certificates?

And it's very unlikely that those descendants of natives will be able to
successfully argue in court that they have a just claim to the land.  It
happens, but rarely.  The sad fact is that thieves and their progeny wrote
the laws and own the country.

Oh well, that's how it goes.  Take what you can and such.  Everyone gets
their comeuppance whether it comes fast or waits until the moment of death
a la Kurtz in Heart of Darkness.
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