From: Eliezer Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Dec 31 1996 - 15:53:23 MST
> 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,
no threats, no ransom, no behavioral modification.
It does constitute violation of property rights, but it is not the
coercive force of the current War on Drugs - "stop selling or we'll blow
your head off."
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