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At 01:39 PM 3/8/2006, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Jeff et. al.<br><br>
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<dd>Your examples are interesting. Brothels are illegal, so a straw man
argument. <br>
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You can't get out of that point that easily! A change in the law in
Idaho, and brothels could be legal. Why limit the "free
marketplace?" Regulated brothels might be safer for all, with
mandated testing for STDs, etc. Brothels exist anyway in Idaho, no
doubt because they make money and have an eager customer base, so will
you come out against the "protectionism" of laws against
brothels? </blockquote><br>
<b>Nope - I would not - and I think you are being somewhat
silly.<br><br>
</b><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">A change in Moscow's
regulations limiting the size at which a retailer can build (sq. ft. of
the building(s) at a given site) would render a Wal-Mart Supercenter thus
"illegal." Then your championing of the Wal-Mart
Supercenter would become a "straw man issue" because it would
be "illegal" to construct. Somehow I think you would
still be arguing that the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter was blocked
unwisely. </blockquote><br>
<b>Yes, I would make that argument - it would be a foolish thing to do
and that is why I am engaged in this issue.<br><br>
</b><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I wonder, do you support
anti-trust law of any kind? Under what circumstances? When US
corporations violate environmental, labor or human rights laws in other
nations, laws that are widely accepted in the democratic world, to allow
them to out compete business competitors, should any government
regulation be imposed to stop such conduct? </blockquote><br>
<b>Yes, I support the existing anti-trust law in the US. Do I think
that the US should interfere in the trade and economics matters of other
countries? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Each non-democratic
country brings its own special challenges. I think we have a
reasonable strategy for working with China. On a related note,
should Latah/Moscow be interfering in the planning and zoning issues for
Whitman County - absolutely not!<br>
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