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Again, if you feel so strongly about this, feel free to compensate that home owner for his losses.[/quote]

I can't compensate a person for behaving like a Ferengi instead of a minimally-decent human being.

I would like to remind that person, however, that it's not good for tourism when DC is bristling with security forces to defend against people trying to overthrow the government.[/quote]
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It isn't minimally-decent of me to forgo income I rely on.[/b]  Any long term effects on tourism are speculative and unrelated to what, I individually will do. I'm not going to incur a known loss today on the abstract idea that it might somehow have a long-term impact on income down the line.[/quote]

PROFIT.[/quote]

[b]You say that as if it is a bad thing. [/b] This is really what the country has come to.  And people count on the (saying quietly since apparently it is a dirty word) profit to pay basic living expenses.[/quote]

The ends justify the means, eh?[/quote]

No, I am saying profit shouldn't be a dirty word.  It is the foundation of our capitalist society, which is falling apart based on your mindset.[/quote]

No. [/quote]

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