I have to admit I am ideologically torn about the phone registry but pragmatically delighted by it. I would be even more delighted to see a really good libertarian argument on the subject. But I don’t want to hear how it’s a bad idea. I want to know how the free market would solve this problem without demanding citizens jump through endless hoops. I understand that sometimes — often — it would be better for citizens to jump through hoops rather than ask the government to solve their problems. But in terms of practical poilitics it’s very difficult to ask them to if the alternative is government provided convenience. So, spare me the “in a perfect world” arguments and give me a practical solution that would have prevented government involvement. Oh, and for the first amendment absolutists out there, I hope you realize this registry is a form of government censorship too.