Re: Eminent Domain Abuse

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 03/11/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:36:05 -0500

royls@telus.net wrote:
>
>
> Wrong. Cars have value even in the wilds of Africa where there are no
> roads. In fact, they have about as much value there as anywhere else,
> because the shortage of roads also means a shortage of cars.

What is the value of a car in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where they
have no roads and almost no cars?

Do you know what reductio ad absurdum means?

Bob Kolker

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