Or does it? Maybe they just break even on the commercial sales and make their "real" profits at the FM. In which case why are they selling to the commercial interests again? Or do they make the same profits on both, but are selling at the FM what they can't sell to the commercial, due to product irregularities? And also, why should my willingness to buy from them depend on their profit margin? I know this one goes to the illusion that I'm supporting a needy grower, but wouldn't it be socially wiser for me to support efficient, non-needy growers?
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Someone said something about going out in public meaning you were no longer 'unsuspecting' of being accosted by political surveyors. I don't want political surveyors coming to my door most of the time. Nor do I want them asking me my opinions while... well, just about anytime. That said, I think that the nuisance value is fairly low and it would be a disservice to society to say people can't go around asking questions.
How much loitering is legal? I read last year or so that Minneapolis had X number of "felony loitering" charges pressed against black defendents vs. white defendents. My reaction to that was "Loitering is a felony?!?" What I'm getting at is that we have laws that restrict a person's right to stand around, much less stand around and ask political questions of passers-by. I've been told there are laws prohibiting more than three or four people standing together in any public place - laws originally passed to outlaw much-feared socialist gatherings and generally used to prosecute any group that gets together and agitates against the government. I wonder what large families are supposed to do!
On this whole subject of "free speech" and "freedom of assembly", here's some questions:
-- If I lease public land for a wedding and someone shows up whom no one wants there (the black sheep uncle scenario), do we have legal rights to call the cops and have the person ejected?
-- If someone else has leased public land for a wedding and I show up there and am made unwelcome, do I have a right to remain if someone threatens to call the cops and have me ejected for wanting to see one of my family get married?
-- If I own a house on the East Side and a group of six to ten youths (teenagers and young 20s) show up and park along the street next to my house, do I have the right to require them to move on after a suitable period of time? What if I suspect them of drug dealing? How about if a couple parks on the street next to my house and begins to make out? What if the youths or couple are doing their "business" (whatever that may be) on the public sidewalk? Or at a public park? Or at the Farmer's Market?
-- Is any public land that is leased by a private group, and open to public customers, also then open to all public purpose? Can I go to the Farmer's Market and hold a religious revival, spreading the good news of my new faith and bringing along 150 fervant converts to hold up religious icons and shout "Amen!" every few minutes? Or could I show up with 20 friends and practice singing the choir? What limits do we put on this stuff?
Mary Baker East Side
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