Re: Linux to be illegal in California?

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject	Re: Linux to be illegal in California?
Date	2026-05-17 16:52 +0000
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On Sun, 17 May 2026 15:25:33 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:

> Prohibition works *by* driving whatever is prohibited underground. Which
> results in far fewer being able to obtain it.  Which the politician who
> was pushing prohibit Y takes up and proclaims as a win (no more "bad
> stuff Y" being sold at corner markets....).  They ignore than for those
> who know how, they can still get bad stuff Y via the underground, the
> corner stores were the real targets anyway, as that reduced the sales of
> Y by a huge amount.

Prohibition itself and the War on Drugs point out how effective the 
legislation is. Marijuana is legal in this state. The difference is the 
state gets a 22% sales take from the corner dispensary. 

And, yes, it seems there is a dispensary on every corner. I'm not sure how 
they all survive economically. There are a lot more of them than liquor 
stores.

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