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On 11/23/2004 05:23 PM, Collins Richey wrote:
> 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.

I'm hoping that was meant as a joke, as its a rather biggoted statement 
otherwise.


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