>On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, reject wrote:
>
>> Obviously, assorted FedGoons(tm) dislike untraceable money. Nasty
>> terrorists, child pornographers, drug dealers, and other horsemen could
>> hide their "profits" then...
>>
>> But is there a *legitimate* reason to have anti-money-laundering laws? I
>> c
At 08:40 PM 3/11/00 -0500, Petro wrote:
> In other words, does the government have a legitimate reason
>to prevent you or me from hiding the origin of a legitimate source of
>income from prying eyes.
Taxation. If the fed can't see you get paid, its difficult to tax you.
Constitutionality
Subject: new bird
http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=70424
Its purpose is to test new sensors for detecting camouflaged installations
back on Earth. More sophisticated military spy satellites and new commercial
space imaging services have led to increased use of masking interesting
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At 03:23 AM 3/9/00 -0500, Marcel Popescu wrote:
> I disagree. We set the meaning of words, every time we speak / write them.
> Words don't come with predefined meanings. If I intend "capitalism" to mean
> "an economical system where some people starve and others get rich" (ignore
> the lack
