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MLeake · January 8, 2013, 10:36 AM

BlueTrain, you sure do pick and choose history to suit your narrative...

Feudal Europe: serfs cannot leave the land they were born on without consent of the lord, who typically will not allow it because his lands must be worked. Effective, forced share cropping for generations. Same system in feudal Russia.

Feudal Japan: punishment for a non-samurai bearing a sword is death.

Byzantium: punishment for a civilian bearing a sword in the city is the cutting off of the right hand.

You can find a lot of other examples of these kinds of laws, very easily, but it seems obvious that you can't accept data that would hinder your cheer leading for bigger and more intrusive government.

And you still have not listed one single expansion of federal power that you don't like.

January 8, 2013, 10:36 AM	#232
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	BlueTrain, you sure do pick and choose history to suit your narrative... Feudal Europe: serfs cannot leave the land they were born on without consent of the lord, who typically will not allow it because his lands must be worked. Effective, forced share cropping for generations. Same system in feudal Russia. Feudal Japan: punishment for a non-samurai bearing a sword is death. Byzantium: punishment for a civilian bearing a sword in the city is the cutting off of the right hand. You can find a lot of other examples of these kinds of laws, very easily, but it seems obvious that you can't accept data that would hinder your cheer leading for bigger and more intrusive government. And you still have not listed one single expansion of federal power that you don't like.