that’s great. I’m here for unencumbered property rights, which that would shatter. I bet you’d love to get your filthy hands on someone else’s coins.

As explained in the article, property rights get shattered in either case, so it's a moot point.

and that's SO MANY people...

Can buy their coins? How would that work in this scenario?

yeah, is a centralized authority going to resell them after seizure?

How is it possible for you to be on the wrong side of EVERY issue in Bitcoin Lopp? Ok, let’s try something: chocolate or vanilla?

odd. there’s always this ‘extreme edge case’ focus with you

It's because Bitcoin is incredibly well designed. All of the low hanging fruit has been harvested, now we're just trimming fringe along the edges.

In a Pascal's wager sort of sense. The thing is, for this to work, it'd have to be done BEFORE a quantum threat arises. And it never may. But let's just assume we need to operate like it will for fear of the theoretical repecussions however unfounded they are. At least the thief is honest about what they are. You have the audacity to suggest your theft is somehow justified.