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From: LC@dinkerson.com
In article , someone@ms.com says...
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>"Ladies Choice" wrote in message
>news:LVVwf.52217$km.34878@edtnps89...
>> In article , tommorrison@ByteMe.com
>> says...
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>>>"Free Man" wrote in message
>>>news:MPG.1e2d7b8ccde38f4989840@news.individual.net...
>>>> Tom's afraid that his American buddies will laugh at him if he can't
>>>> have
>>>> an arsenal. That's all he cares about.
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>>>Ya know, 'Free Man', opinions are like assholes. Everyone and thier dog's
>>>got one, the majority of which should not be on public display.
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>> such as ones based on nothing but pitiful wishful thinking, like "As
>> stated
>> earlier, I don't believe the size of the market has anything to do with
>> the
>> effectiveness of any prohibition."
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>Market size is not always a factor in the effectiveness of prohibition
>efforts. Take bear gall bladders. The market for this so-called delicacy is
>quite small (a lot smaller than that for black-market firearms) yet
>prohbition and enforcement has failed to prevent poaching and smuggling.
>Same with elehant ivory. You underestimate the sophistication of these
>markets. This isn't Indians driving truckloads of cigarettes across the Rez.
>
Wow I didn't know we had elephants in Canada, nor did I know that the 'bear
gall bladder' market is bigger than the market for cigarettes, wow you learn
something new every day. Can I use bear gall bladders to quit smoking??
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