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From: david@randvax.ARPA (David Shlapak)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: What's the world coming to? :-) - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 13-Jan-84 20:39:22 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 13 20:39:22 1984
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	J---s C----t (I've been reading net.religion too long!), what
	is in fact this world coming to?  Have we all become so paranoid
	that any demand that we identify ourselves becomes cause
	for "Big-Brother-itis" and references to South Africa???

	Has anybody out there ever heard of a practice known as
	"counterfeiting?"  That's when someone other than the
	government prints "funny money" and tries to use it as
	"legal tender," which it definitely is not.  Strangely
	enough, most practicioners of this art don't waste
	much time with singles, fives or tens...they turn out
	the big stuff -- bones (hundreds) and half-bones (guess).
	Often, businesses trying to prevent being taken by said
	individuals will mark such  a bill in a manner as to
	identify when it came in the store and who brought it.
	Now tell me, all you pseudo-civil-libertarians, what
	is so all-fired black and conspiratorial about that????

	Note to the fella who suggested calling the cops if a
	business refuses your money: Yes, cash does carry a legend
	reading "This note is legal tender for all debts public and
	private."  However, places of business are private, NOT public,
	property and the proprietors thereof reserve the right to
	refuse service to anyone they so desire, provided such
	refusal is not made on racial or other similar grounds.  Thus,
	by turning down your money, they are merely exercising their
	rights not to serve you.  All the cop would do is giggle at
	you.  He's got better things to do with his time than worry
	about your hurt feelings and all too easily bruised sense
	of injustice and oppression.

	Sheesh!!!

						--- das