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</div><div> </div><div>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Art Deco <art.deco.studios@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:03 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] A Little Coffee Klatch<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv911619797">A letter to the <i>Daily News</i> appears below.<br><br>The <i>Five Wives</i> labeling of a commercial vodka produced and sold in Utah gives us an insight into the nature of the Rorschach Test. Many people immediately jumped to the conclusion that it was a barb aimed at the polygamous history of the Mormon faith.<br>
<br>However, it could have equally stood for five wives in a neighborhood who were friends and frequently visited with one another perhaps over mid-morning coffee. Even if it referred to polygamy, such a reference need not be taken as derogatory. Mormons, as anyone who has read anthropology knows, are not the only group in history, even recent history, known to have been polygamous. That institution served many older societies quite well.<br>
<br>I am disappointed, but not surprised, that there has been no outcry from the conservatives and TPers who claim to be libertarians and against government interference with free enterprise. Perhaps, a question about this issue ought be raised with the candidates for the Idaho House and Senate in the many local political forums soon to be inflicted on the public.<br clear="all">
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<span class="yiv911619797paragraph-0"><div>The most obvious question to
ask regarding the state of Idaho's decision to ban the Utah-produced
"Five Wives" vodka brand on religious grounds is a common-sense
demographic one. Assuming there is a measurable subset of Idaho Mormons
prone to be offended by this gently humorous and nonpornographic riff on
polygamy, how many such people are likely to be lurking in the vodka
section of the liquor store, pretty much the only place said offense is
likely to occur?</div></span>
<span class="yiv911619797paragraph-1"><div>Other questions tend in a
political direction, mostly concerning separation of church and state
and the government's role in promoting the interests of a particular
religion, as well as the role of government in censoring speech,
limiting free commerce and perhaps advantaging the economic interests of
one religious group, as versus what appear to be secular business
owners and workers. I thought Idaho conservatives opposed intrusive Big
Government and nanny-state regulation, and favored unrestricted free
trade.</div></span>
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<div>Who within the Idaho state bureaucracy actually
made the decision to economically sanction and punish a non-Mormon,
Utah-based business? Was there any quid pro quo involving the reciprocal
advantaging of Idaho-based companies doing business in Utah? And whose
idea was this in the first place? Was the decision initially motivated
or influenced by nongovernmental interests, and if so, which ones?</div>
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<div>Idaho citizens concerned with these kinds of questions can contact Idaho Civil Liberties Union, or the national ACLU.</div>
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<div style="text-align:right;"><b>Chris Norden</b></div>
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