"...offering the burglar a single teaspoon of one's silverware would not be a compromise but a total surrender - the recognition of his right to one's property." - Ayn Rand - Galt's Gulch

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"...offering the burglar a single teaspoon of one's silverware would not be a compromise but a total surrender - the recognition of his right to one's property." - Ayn Rand

Posted by GaltsGulch 8 years, 8 months ago to The Gulch: General

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"There can be no compromise between a property owner and a burglar; offering the burglar a single teaspoon of one's silverware would not be a compromise but a total surrender - the recognition of his right to one's property." - Ayn Rand

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Posted by MichaelAarethun 8 years, 8 months ago

Some might argue is the teaspoon worth risking my life. In doing so they value their existence as not worth a teaspoon.

Others may, and rightly so, recall in this society the citizen has no rights - by their own choice their life is worth not less but worthless as a result of that choice.

As a police officer or a soldier I could never equate their disregard of their own life with their expectation I should risk mine....for nothing..

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