Reply #53: Perhaps you should reread the original post.

[Silverhair]

It was: "Gates quietly spends $14 million buying homes near Medina estate" by donsu. Link is: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1027906&mesg_id=1027906

The post is critical of him buying the properties around him.

I defended his right to do that. You, in you starting post of this thread, picked my statement, "It is his money..." from that thread and made it part of your thread. Your thread does indeed discuss many other things. MY original comment, and I stand by it, is that it is HIS money.

Our rights are based on legalities. While I personally think that
O J Simpson did commit the murders, I would still have to defend his rights based on the court decisions. Does that make OJ right? Only God can make that judgment. For now, we must make do with the laws of man - and that means that OJ walks. It also means that the money belongs to Bill.

The alternative to the rule of law is anarchy, or dictatorship.