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David__77

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4. I don't agree "Conquest confers rights to possession". Conquest facilitates possession.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2023, 11:06 AM

Dec 2023

That doesn’t, to me, make it “right” in the sense of justice.

History isn’t just a mish mash of random squabbles. Hitler’s conquest is not the same as that of the union forces in the Civil War.

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I don't agree "Conquest confers rights to possession". Conquest facilitates possession. David__77 Dec 2023 #4

Quite true, but then what? Happy Hoosier Dec 2023 #5

It's historical fact. Bucky Dec 2023 #6

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