From: Barking@The.Moon   
      
   > > I'll answer your question completely - but first you must answer mine,   
   > > because I have been asking it longer, and you have been evading it since   
   > > before I began evading yours.   
   > >   
   > > And that question is simply - WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO PROSECUTE CRIMES,   
   > AND   
   > > ADMINISTER PUNISHMENTS ??? Is it the government, or is it just a   
   > > free-for-all ?   
   >   
   > Simple answer:   
   > Only the Government can prosecute crimms.   
      
      
   Thank you. You see, I was under the impression that only the government   
   could punish for offenses against state, federal or local laws. Thank you   
   for affirming this.   
      
   Similarly, who could make a war in the name of the US against another nation   
   ? No citizen has this power.   
      
   Similarly, who is authorized to mint his own currency, even if it exactly   
   resembles US currency ? No citizen has this power.   
      
   Similarly, what man is authorized to punish another for crimes against the   
   state ? No citizen has this authority.   
      
   Thank you.   
      
      
   > Denying you employment because I don't care for your past is my right in a   
   > Capitalist society.  And this is where you just don't seem to get it.  The   
   > Government does not have the right to tell me whom I may and whom I must   
   > hire.  If you want a Government that controls business to that degree,   
   then   
   > I suggest you continue to elect Democrats to office.  It will only be a   
   > question of time before we rename this place Walden III.   
      
      
   In many states, you are right. Discrimination is perfectly legal, and even   
   in states like Wisconsin it is extremely widespread despite the law -   
   interestingly.   
      
   The question becomes, if the economic apparatus is creating poverty and   
   ghettos, primarily out of impunity, then are they not responsibel for the   
   formation of those ghettos and all the crime which comes with them ? Does   
   this not also implicate government and business as co-conspirators   
   CATEGORICALLY in each and every instance of crime which may result from this   
   process ?   
      
   Why is it that there are laws against dumping toxic waste into the soil, but   
    hate may be poured freely upon as many people as you wish ?   
      
      
   > > If I think that my neighbor is a thief then under the current system I   
   can   
   > > go out and shoot him in the head, because the administration of   
   punishment   
   > > is just a free-for-all ??? Employers and government are 2 different   
   > > entities. Employers are private. I am also private. Therefore, since   
   > > employers are allowed to punish so can you and I. The law becomes moot.   
   Do   
   > > you see the problem here ??   
   >   
   > Nope.  I see a man intentionally warping logic to fit his agenda.  YOU   
   HAVE   
   > NO RIGHT TO A JOB ANYWHERE.  And you certainly have no RIGHT to DEMAND   
   that   
   > anyone hires you.   
      
      
   I have no right and I WANT NO RIGHT, nor have I twisted logic other than to   
   straighten it out. I make NO demands to be employed. My only demand is that   
   the guilty parties accept responsibility for what they have created, and   
   that what they have created is in fact a driving force - an undercurrent   
   which FORCES crimes to occur and they know it.   
      
      
      
      
   > > PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION, WAITING FOR AN ANSWER FOR OVER 2 YEARS NOW.   
   >   
   > You got it.  Now it's your turn.  Answer mine.   
      
      
   Insufficient information to be considered a real answer, please try again.   
      
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