Kevin,
To my way of thinking, he wasn't "gouging".
It comes down to the diference between need and desire.
If an individual or group has temporarily (or permanently, I guess) "cornered the market" in something that other people need and charge an "excessive" price for it, to me, that is "gouging".
When somebody tries to sell something "scarce" that nobody needs, but some people "want" (some of them pretty badly, apparently) for an excessive price, I don't see anything unethical, immoral, or otherwise "unsavory" about it.
Nobody made you the "jello sheriff". Take it outside.
JM
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Last edited by UmpJM; Sat Sep 12, 2009 at 05:26pm.
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