So you claim that it's not OK for the government to infringe your rights but that it is OK for for individuals or business to infringe those rights? Dang .... and all this time I thought that we set up government to protect our rights from being infringed by others.
P.S. Disconcerted means that I am saddened by all the Freepers who are saying “Submit ... It's easy ... just submit .... do not resist”
I know it's an old book full of old ideas but "1984" is a short read.
It's not a one way street. The merchant is not sending thugs to take your money. You are not stealing his stuff. But at the same time you check your billfold to make sure the merchant's professional pickpockets haven't hit you, he wants to make sure his front of the store freeforall so favored by customers didn't allow you to steal his stuff.
Contracts between private individuals are DIFFERENT than arrangements between individuals and governments.
BTW, it is common in much of the world for merchants to hire people to kidnap potential customers and drag them to their tents for trade. We don't do that.