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Meth Dealer Faces Loss of His Comic Book Collection
cultiv8 writes "According to an article from The Smoking Gun: 'A large-scale methamphetamine dealer who allegedly laundered drug profits by purchasing valuable comic books is in danger of forfeiting his 18,753-volume collection to Uncle Sam, according to a new court filing. Federal prosecutors yesterday filed a US District Court complaint seeking ownership of the comic book holdings of Aaron Castro, 30, who is facing a May trial in Colorado on narcotics distribution and weapons charges. The comics are valued in excess of $500,000.'"
It's for the "fuck the government" segment of Slashdot readers. They'll claim that this is evil totalitarianism, and that since "everyone is guilty of something" the cops now have the authority to steal your most prized possessions over a jaywalking violation. They might even toss in a few oldies but goodies, like claiming the major political parties are the same, that Americans are no better off than North Koreans, and perhaps even that quip about ballot, jury, soap, and bullet boxes.
Meth dealer? I'm sure he was just a misunderstood amateur chemist.
And the main goal of the dealer is to get the buyer hooked.
And just what do you think the main goal of your entire economic system is?
She goes running to the shelter
of her mother's little helper
For justice, we must go to Don Corleone
US conservatism is much easier to understand if you realise that the theological aspect is a symptom, not a cause. What you witness in the conservative approach is the adherence to dogma through religious and quasi-religious tenets. The most obvious is "free market = good".
From this, we have the (false) consequence that anything which may restrict the free market is bad. In particular, a national health service is bad and efforts to counter the human contribution toward climate change are bad.