Silk Road founder arrested ...

[Bill St. Clair]

On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Steve Furlong <demonfighter at gmail.com>
 wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Bill St. Clair <billstclair at gmail.com>
>  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.
>

Oh, I now very well how the world's biggest extortion racket functions. I'm
merely stating what SHOULD happen were the rules what they're advertised to
be.

-Bill
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