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conceptually, the concept of coercion is extraordinarily slippery.
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Let's consider the guy in the crevasse.
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He's stuck,
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but you and I are walking by on our way to a picnic,
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and he calls to us,
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and we say sorry we're late to the picnic.
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It would be not--you wouldn't have too much twist the language
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to say that that was an implicit act of coercion on our part.
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Then the slope gets dangerous and complex.
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If he had diabetes,
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and we withheld from him the treatment for diabetes,
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would that violate his freedom?