Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!bmcg!john From: john@bmcg.UUCP (John Wallner) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.politics.theory Subject: Re: Re: Emigration vs. withdrawing from a group:Human Race Message-ID: <1624@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 02:48:58 EST Article-I.D.: bmcg.1624 Posted: Mon Mar 4 02:48:58 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 03:58:38 EST References: <21860@lanl.ARPA> <273@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> Organization: Burroughs Corporation, San Diego Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.politics:7969 net.politics.theory:316 > Get rid of consumer protection? How silly. Why not get rid of protection > against murder and theft as well? There's no ethical difference between > poking a gun in someone's ribs and taking their money, and deceiving them > about the nature of their own actions for personal profit. They are equally > coercive. > -=- True, fraud is as equally coercive as force. But advocating "getting rid of consumer protection" is not the save as advocating fraud. My understanding of the original authors position is that even without the EPA, fraud is still coercion, and should be punishable by law. John Wallner bmcg!john