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On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Bill St. Clair <[email protected]>wrote:
> There was no crime here, other than the kidnapping. The man sold
vegetables to people who wanted them.

See, there's your mistake right there. You think you're talking about
government and a system of laws which values personal freedom and free
trade. In the US since Wickard v Filburn if not before, the federal
government has had the power to tell you what commercial activities you may
not participate in.


-- 
Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet. -- Arnaud-Amaury, 1209
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