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Old 05-30-2006, 10:08 PM   #9
thedeadwalk!
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Originally Posted by Chrizzle fo' Shizzle
If the lands were held privately, the owners would care more about how it was being treated. If something is public, it belongs to everyone. It therefore belongs to no one, and nobody cares about it
Osaka, Japan uses communal dipping bowls in restaurants and everyone respectively refrains from double dipping (except for the occasional troublemaker, of course).

Caring through ownership isn't a universality.
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