----- "Residents of Appalachia don't just distrust the fedgov they distrust all outsiders and all governments.
Criminals, by nature, hate all authority. And that is what bootleggers were romantic as you might like to consider them."
152 posted on 02/05/2004 12:48:11 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit ----- Justi boyo, that takes todays cake for biizarro reasoning..
The feds created a 'crime'; -- of making untaxed booze.. -- And you come rushing romantically in, defending the cause of what you see as 'justice'..
- When all rational folk see an unconstitutional taxation scheme which was a bald infringement of personal liberty.
I branded bootleggers criminals not farmers unless they took up arms and assaulted federal officials. Get your slanders straight.
Daft. Those farmers making whiskey were not "bootleggers" until congress decreed them to be guilty of breaking a 'law' that was unconstitutional.. One that prohibited them from making whiskey..
Bootleggers were selling booze which was illegal without a license and were criminal just as crack sellers are criminals today.
There you have it. -- You believe our constitution gives the states & feds the power to prohibit property by licensing & taxation. I don't see such a power enumerated.
We don't get to pick and choose which laws are acceptable to us much as you and Mr. Galt might like to.
Who does if not 'we' the people?
-- Obviously, you are of the opinion that hamiltonian elites have that power..
You will learn otherwise, at some point..
Half of your responses are not germaine to what I wrote. I'll try again and give you some more comments to distort and misunderstand.
Those who took up arms and assault federal officials are criminals, bootleggers are criminals. Nothing was said about farmers (the bootleggers were 100+ yrs later) who did not fall into either of the above catagories. I defended nothing, romantically or otherwise, merely stated a fact. I didn't write the laws that make them criminal and may not even believe them to be right but that is not the issue.
In the eyes of the law they were criminals particularly since they feloniously assaulted individuals who were merely carrying out duly legislated laws. YOU might think, for some odd reason, that attacking someone performing their job is appropriate but I don't.
Do you side with the drug-runners who have shootouts with the police, too?
YOU are not We the People as much as you might think so.
When you slander Hamilton you are slandering Washington as well.