tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post2808728101310641788..comments2023-06-11T13:12:20.435+01:00Comments on The Anger of a Quiet Man: The result of the dead hand of the stateQuiet_Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-22611493859947441122014-07-10T09:20:10.859+01:002014-07-10T09:20:10.859+01:00You have to remember the the State is a criminal p...You have to remember the the State is a criminal protection racket too, its just that it gets to declare itself legal. Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-71085294871204768472014-07-10T07:05:49.669+01:002014-07-10T07:05:49.669+01:00Or even tap water. It looks, if not tastes, the sa...Or even tap water. It looks, if not tastes, the same.<br /><br />I agree, the counterfeiters are not into killing off their customers, just taking them for a ride and maximizing their profits.<br /><br />Government has just gotten plain greedy. They have increased the size of the State so much, and awarded themselves such good contracts that, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the other half to support them. Hence all these scams on Co2, sugar, fat, fags, alcohol etc.<br /><br />Create a need for Government to interfere via some Government funded pressure group (no interest there), get them on the State funded BBC to promote it too the masses and, hey presto, you get the populace demanding, or so they say, for the Government to do something. And yes, what do they do, they regulate, tax or ban.<br /><br />I confess, it took me a while to work that one out.Mr. Mordenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658818033526024457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-65072871477338032042014-07-10T06:05:54.824+01:002014-07-10T06:05:54.824+01:00Typical Daily Fail story talking up the dangers of...Typical Daily Fail story talking up the dangers of fake products...<br /><br />The reality as you say is that the market has stepped in to fill the opportunity opened up by excessive duty. The counterfeiters have no interest in killing their customers...<br /><br />And why would you make voddy from chloroform when you can make it from sugar...?Barmannoreply@blogger.com