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Originally Posted by solarguy

All I can say is that you better kiss the boots of every law enforcement officer, every prosecuting attorney, every judge, and every politician you run across. If they want to put you in jail, they can and they will.

If everyone were to do what you suggest, it would not just welcome but guarantee the establishment of an authoritarian state.

Not to this guy:

Battle Over Michigan's New Swine Rules Goes Hog Wild : The Salt : NPR

They threatened his customers when he wouldn't kiss their feet. His business dried up. They countersued him for $700,000 hoping to shut him up.

He might win, he might not.

God bless him. He is willing to fight back. You can fight city hall - but it takes time, money and effort.

Oh, even though they -could- lock up every pig farmer in michigan, they will only enforce it against the BAD people. Selective enforcement is the tool of totalitarian regimes.

It looks like the pig farmers need to unite and form a political action committee. The one thing all politicians and legislators understand is being voted out of office.