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Old 12-12-2007, 11:49 AM   #85 (permalink)
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Lying and trading products to consumers is fraud. Fraudulent practices violate another's rights. People who use fraud for their own personal gain whilst harming others in the process should be punished. There is your incentive.
Sure, but a voluntary body stops this how?

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We should punish people or groups for the acts they commit, not for the acts they might commit.
Please tell me how a regulatory department - such as Trading Standards - punish people who haven't committed crimes.
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