[Protagoras]

Nor are they a violation of the "rights of man" unless the freedom of selling crack has now magically taken its place alongside the freedom of worship and freedom of the press.

The freedom to exchange goods and services without government intervention in the absence of force or fraud is not new and has always had it's place alongside other fundamental rights.

[wideawake]

The freedom to exchange goods and services without government intervention in the absence of force or fraud is not new and has always had it's place alongside other fundamental rights.

This is true. In the case of crack, as opposed to aluminum siding and DVDs, we have a product which quickly erodes the freedom of the purchaser with each subsequent purchase.

The goal of the retailer is to ensure that his customer is his slave and even to encourage his customer, if necessary, to commit any sort of crime in order to buy more of his product.