BIO/DICT: Bio-war coercive?

From: The Low Willow (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 31 1996 - 22:36:13 MST


On Dec 31, 4:53pm, Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote:

} > In what way is biological warfare not coercive?
} It does, as you mentioned, violate property rights. But it is not
} coercive. It's not a matter of "do what I say or I'll destroy your
} coke." Nobody is making threats. Nobody is being asked to do
} anything. I would simply unleash the equivalent of a natural disaster,

Webster's definition supports your view. By the same logic,
assassination is not coercive. No threats are involved; someone simply
dies suddenly.

And when the property rights violated were necessary for survival, or
even decent survival...

Merry part,
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