I disagree. I have few canisters of water stored for emergencies in the cellar and I very much own them and if someone were to steal them I could call the police and they’d treat is as my property.
I mean that could spark a whole conversation about property rights and ownership and the fact that just because there are thugs whose express purpose is to defend the ‘ownership’ of something, doesn’t make the idea of ownership anything more than an ephemeral concept that has no real basis in reality. What does it really mean to own something?
But instead I’ll just say that it’s far more likely that some bored officer stuck on a desk would take your statement, make a report, and you would never actually see that water again and there would be no followup because they couldn’t give a fuck about you or your water.
I disagree. I have few canisters of water stored for emergencies in the cellar and I very much own them and if someone were to steal them I could call the police and they’d treat is as my property.
it’s still just your turn to drink that water, but your turn is very long
Mooooom! Fallibilist is hogging the water again!
I mean that could spark a whole conversation about property rights and ownership and the fact that just because there are thugs whose express purpose is to defend the ‘ownership’ of something, doesn’t make the idea of ownership anything more than an ephemeral concept that has no real basis in reality. What does it really mean to own something?
But instead I’ll just say that it’s far more likely that some bored officer stuck on a desk would take your statement, make a report, and you would never actually see that water again and there would be no followup because they couldn’t give a fuck about you or your water.