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To: TimF who wrote (27158)8/25/2006 8:00:37 PM
From: wonk  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541851
 
I agree, it is an outrage.

To be outraged on this one is not conservative, liberal, moderate or libertarian. It’s a reaction against authoritarianism.

ww



To: TimF who wrote (27158)8/26/2006 3:39:18 PM
From: Tom Clarke  Respond to of 541851
 
Someone left a comment at xrlq noting that the notion of "guilty property" is a relic from English common law and was almost a dead letter until drug warriors managed to revive it.

The idea that an inanimate object can be guilty of a crime is ludicrous.