PGP Key Finger Print: 93C0 793F B66E A0C7 CEEA 3E92 6B99 2DCC ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> To: "Neil Johnson" <njohnson@interl.net>; <cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com> Cc: "Digital Bearer Settlement List" <dbs@philodox.com>; <dcsb@ai.mit.edu> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 8:14 AM Subject: It's all property, folks (was Re: Insurance (was: why should it be trusted?))
At 10:39 PM -0500 on 10/18/00, Neil Johnson wrote:
So who gets the bid on the environment ? There are some commons that can not be eliminated so easily.
I hate to disappoint you, bunky, but the "environment" is property.
My lungs are property. If some one injures them, I have a tort. I don't even need legislation.
I'd rather not have my lungs injured in the first place.
My land, and that of others, is property, if someone pollutes it, I have a tort. If someone upstream pollutes a river running through my land, I have a tort.
Same deal. I'd rather it not be polluted in the first place. And how do I sue some one if there is no judicial system or government to enforce the decision. "Joe's International House of Justice" ? Neil M. Johnson njohnson@interl.net http://www.interl.net/~njohnson PGP Key Finger Print: 93C0 793F B66E A0C7 CEEA 3E92 6B99 2DCC