Government, by nature of being government, is only equipped to deal with one class of citizen: Criminals. Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson didn’t like what Bill Gates had, so he criminalized what Mr. Gates had done. Mr. Gates hasn’t killed or beaten anyone. He hasn’t taken a single dollar from any customers who didn’t willingly hand it over. He provided a product that people were apparently quite willing to pay for because they were buying them by the millions at a time when a high-quality, affordable alternative existed. The people voted with their wallets and declared Mr. Gates a marketplace winner.
Yet Judge Jackson–in his infinite wisdom–saw fit to override the decisions of millions of consumers.
Judge Jackson, who do you think you are? How arrogant. How condescending. We are not children. How hard is it to realize that this is not what we need or want from our government officials?
