NESS A FAILURE

Editor, The Journal

Hubert Beyer did not seem to learn the most powerful lesson Elliot Ness
taught about prohibition; it doesn't work. Al Capone went to jail and Frank
Nitty stepped in to fill the vacancy.

When it comes right down to it, the pirates and privateers existed then for
the same reason that so-called organized crime exists now; the people want
goods and services that the King forbids. The King is the most enterprising
of ruffians and profits the most from his pronouncements pointed out Thomas
Paine in Common Sense.

Patents, prescription rights and prohibition are the King creations to
enrichen favored friends today. The laws are perceived as unjust under
circumstances where the natural rights are violated. The public will
support those who defy the heavy hand of the King in every time and in
every culture under those circumstances. The King can get very draconian
and make life very miserable for pirates and privateers and their customers
too. However the demand for rum and molasses/drugs and guns will remain no
matter what actions the King takes. The people will even pay a higher
premium for the desired goods luring ever more and more pirates and
privateers to get in while the getting's good. Every time a pirate ship is
sunk, it is soon replaced because of the high profit potential of beating
the King's blockade just once.

The spirit of Lafayette shall live forever in those who love and cherish
liberty as the highest idea.

Good luck in beating that Mr. Harcourt.

Chris Buors

Libertarian Party of Manitoba

Winnipeg Manitoba