<OT> Use a laser printer? You can be traced

[Collins Richey]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:47:15 -0500, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 03:02:05PM -0700, Collins Richey took 26 lines to write:
> 
> 
> > On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:43:42 -0800, Bill Campbell
> > <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Often, the difference between a crime and a law is that a majority voted
> > > for the law.
> > >
> > >   ``But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if
> > >   the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to
> > >   other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one
> > >   citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself
> > >   cannot do without committing a crime.'' -- Frederic Bastiat, The Law
> > >
> >
> > I can think of at least one major political party which has
> > incorporated this drivel as its core belief, and they wonder why they
> > are no longer in power! BTW, who is Frederic Bastiat; he sounds like a
> > sane person.
> 
> You're gonna hate this, then, because he was an early 19th century
> economist and politician. From France. ;-)
> 
> See http://www.mises.org/content/fredericbastiat.asp
> 

That fact is not much in evidence today, but even a Frenchman can be
right once in a while. I'll bookmark the site and enjoy.


-- 
 Collins