"Samael" <Samael@dial.pipex.com> has a problem with semantics:
>An object starts off as unowned. Everyone could use it. Then somneone
>comes along and claims it. Now only they can use it. How is this not
>theft?
"Everyone" could _not_ use it! Only one person can use it! As soon as they pick it up to use it, it is effectively _theirs_.. Group ownership is utter nonsense.
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