Posted on 05/28/2008 6:59:04 PM PDT by davidgumpert
The undercover agent takes two guises in our national consciousness. At one extreme is the highly trained professional who risks his or her life to go after the worst drug dealers and mobsters. At the other extreme is the apolitical and poorly trained apparatchik, designated by a bureaucratic superior to infiltrate a group deemed subversive or otherwise troublesome to authorities. The infiltrator may even become a provocateur as a way to give the authorities an excuse to crack down. Government agents did a lot of this during the 1960s, while monitoring civil rights and far-left organizations. At this end of the spectrum, the work is not only unglamorous but ethically questionable. Who wants to rat on their fellow citizens asserting rights guaranteed by the Constitution, like free speech, assembly and those not even mentioned because they seem so obvious, like consuming the foods of their choice?
This latter extreme was on display in early May in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, where Mennonite dairy farmer Glenn Wise was charged with three counts of selling unpasteurized milk without a license.
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Very sad. These folks are providing a service and a valuable one at that by providing farm products at reasonable prices.
But, gosh darn it, that dairy farmer is selling unlicensed dairy products! And unlike the Mexican military / drug runners, he ain’t shooting at agents!
Go after the easy target while 12 million invaders with fake IDs and without paying taxes murdering / raping / robbing Americans we aren’t hurting enough.
Who wants to rat on their fellow citizens asserting rights guaranteed by the Constitution, like free speech, assembly and those not even mentioned because they seem so obvious, like consuming the foods of their choice? This latter extreme was on display in early May in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, where Mennonite dairy farmer Glenn Wise was charged with three counts of selling unpasteurized milk without a license.
Just curious, why would anyone go to this trouble for raw milk?
Good question. Maybe the milk makes them feel good.
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