If we accept the fact that the state should have the right to grant us permission to engage in peaceable, voluntary transactions with one another, we agree to allow the state to revoke its hallowed permission.
Of course, the beauty of a democratic society is that we never have to ask politicians to prevent us from doing the things we actually like to do; we can simply encourage them to threaten violence against others who like to live lifestyles we prefer they didn't, even if they cause no harm to us whatsoever by doing so.
Buffalo strip club owner Richard Snowden found this out the hard way, even though he was found to have had no connection to any of the alleged transgressions that led to the revocation of his license to operate his club.
The State Liquor Authority on Wednesday revoked the liquor license of Rick’s Tally Ho strip club in Cheektowaga and canceled the license of another strip club, 24KT Gold in Hamburg.
Both establishments were raided by police and federal agents March 2 after an investigation into drug trafficking and prostitution allegations involving dancers and patrons at the clubs.
The nerve! Saving guys the trouble of taking women out to dinner and a movie (which, at last count, was still legal in one's quest to get laid).
Note, incidentally, that Snowden has not even been charged with a crime, much less convicted of one, but the government has nevertheless thrown this productive citizen out of business.
Snowden cannot apply for a new liquor license for two years, but others can buy or lease the property and apply for a new license, said Dennis C. Vacco, an attorney for the Cheektowaga establishment.
Vacco went on to say, "Mr. Snowden has decided he doesn’t want to be in this business any longer."
Shocker. What's actually surprising is that anyone even bothers to go into business for themselves anymore.
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