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		whitemary on April 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The anatomy of the Cayman Islands offshore financi... If it weren't wrong, it would not be an analogy. Most intelligent people will realize that the current state of the law is irrelevant, but if you really can't get past that: If shoplifting were undesirable and if some people shoplifted to feed hungry babies, is shoplifting then desirable?

yt-sdb on April 2, 2023 [–]

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