Re:Everything I want to do is Illegal
by mhb on Wednesday May 14, 2008 @01:01PM
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Perhaps. But the problem is that once reasonable regulations exist, they inevitably become unreasonable. No bureaucrat or agency wants to be the one who said no to the incremental regulation which would save just one more child despite the many who might benefit from doing nothing.
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Re:Everything I want to do is Illegal
by mechanical_fish on Wednesday May 14, 2008 @01:35PM
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But the problem is that once reasonable regulations exist, they inevitably become unreasonable.
Only if your idea of effective political action is to start out arguing for a reasonable exception to a rule that unjustly prevents small-scale home butchering and end up thunderously denouncing the entire concept of "government".
Here's a simple rule that might help (aimed not so much at you, but at the author of the original article): Do not bring the word "firearms" -- to say nothing of an actual firearm -- into a conversation about the regulatory status of a small farm stand. Avoiding generic rants about "taxation" would also be good. Focus, people, focus!