[MD] Reductionism

[craigerb at comcast.net]

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> Haven't you ever heard the saying that property is nine tenths of the law? That means, my paranoid friend, that 90% of the laws 
> protect stuff, not people. That means, my ignorant friend, that the cops and armies work for property owners. They serve the rights 
> of property, not human rights. 


I doubt if anyone has heard that saying since you just made it up. 
There is a saying "POSSESSION is nine tenths of the law."  It means that in a property ownership dispute, 

the person in possession has a 90% edge. 
The view that 90% of the laws protect stuff, not people is, well, ignorant & paranoid. 
As a wise woman once said, property doesn't have rights, people do. 
Craig