Sorry for re-engaging the conversation. You're clearly in the grip of emotional forces strong enough to overpower any sense of reason.
I find it interesting that you think the lack of any emotion is a good thing. How in heaven were you raised? You claim you can be a good Jew/Christian, and yet justify price gouging of your fellow man. Does not compute. I'll stay with my reason and emotion combo, and you stay with your reason and money and market forces trumps all opinion. I like mine better, thank you, and I believe your belief system is in deficit. Each to their own.
In this case, I merely claim that hysteria is a bad thing.
You claim you can be a good Jew/Christian...
If I really claimed that, I assume you would know whether it was a good Jew or a good Christian that I was claiming to be.
and yet justify price gouging of your fellow man.
Actually, you're begging the question: am I justifying price gouging? The first order of business is to prove that it exists. If you consider any price increase to be "gouging", then we're off to a bad start: you would be saying, then, that we must crank all prices back to their lowest point in the past 100 years, say. If you make the at least semi-reasonable claim that some increases are legit, and some are "gouging", then we need to discuss how we tell the difference. Currently, the way you tell the difference is to consult your somewhat hysterical emotions, and decide how the price makes you feel.
Each to their own.
I suppose. The sad thing is, your way is likely to be implemented by politicians, and it will kill people. But at least you'll feel better.