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Re: Weekly Vocab 3

From:Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 16, 2003, 6:36
On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 01:20:03 -0400 Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
writes:
> Now this here is interesting... you HAVE to tell me more! Do they > not have > prison? Maybe they execute even thieves? Or no law enforcement at > all...
basically no law enforcement, except that if you do something that people don't like, they probably won't be very nice to you... basically if you steal something from someone, don't be surprised if an angry mob shows up and takes everything you own.
> And charity?
well, charity can't really be translated because the idea of the lack of charity would be so foreign. the closest translation would probably be 'normal' or 'good', but that would seriously change the meaning of the sentence in question...
> M
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