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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 1451516, member: 22004&quot;]I understand where you are coming from Fatima.&nbsp; I used to be a laissez faire libertarian; but that approach to reality doesn&#039;t work.&nbsp; You try to run a neighborly business in an old-fashioned way, wear a full beard, and get reported to the authorities as &quot;looking&quot; like a terrorist, ya know the guys with the beards!</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably in most cases of fraud, the authorities don&#039;t pay much heed until they got dozens and dozens of complaints about illegal behavior or people being ripped off in the case of substantial commercial activity.&nbsp; The authorities have many tools at their disposal.&nbsp; They start out doing fact-finding, and then can do email intercepts as well as warrantless wiretaps.&nbsp; Finally, government agents get involved in calls and visits to the suspects business and other contacts; Martha Stewart&#039;s biggest mistake wasn&#039;t the insider trading, but lying to a federal agent.&nbsp; Be afraid, be very afraid!</p><p><br /></p><p>On a lighter note, this is one person&#039;s theory of the Brownshirts who would agree with you:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&quot;Have you any idea of how much there is to do? Do you ever think of&nbsp; that? Of course not, you&#039;re all too busy sticking your noses into every&nbsp; corner, poking around for things to complain about, aren&#039;t you? Well let&nbsp; me tell you something: this is exactly how Nazi Germany started! A lot&nbsp; of layabouts with nothing better to do than to cause trouble. Well I&#039;ve&nbsp; had fifteen years of pandering to the likes of you, and I&#039;ve had enough.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had it. Come on, pack your bags and get out.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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