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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. 
 >>> 
 >>>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. 
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >> 
 >> 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." 
 > 
 >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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