Vintage whiskey to be destroyed, grown men everywhere weep

Here's a perfect example of law enforcement and judiciary power gone horribly, horribly wrong.

WSMV.com: Vintage Whiskey May Be Poured Out

Here's a sobering thought: Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license.
Officials seized 2,400 bottles late last month during warehouse raids in Nashville and Lynchburg, the southern Tennessee town where the whiskey is distilled.
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Tennessee law requires officials to destroy whiskey that cannot be sold legally in the state, such as bottles designed for sale overseas and those with broken seals. "We'd pour it out," said Danielle Elks, executive director of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
The estimated value of the liquor is $1 million, possibly driven up by the value of the antique bottles, which range from 3-liter bottles to half-pints.
One seized bottle dates to 1914, with its seal unbroken. Elks said it is worth $10,000 on the collectors market. Investigators are looking into whether the liquor was being sold for the value of the bottles rather than the whiskey.

Oh, the humanity! I'm a single malt scotch guy myself, but I feel solidarity for those who prize fine bourbons also. How does that expression go:

First they poured out the bourbon, but I said nothing because I don't drink bourbon.

Then they poured out the rye, but I said nothing because I don't drink rye.

Then they poured out the scotch, and there was no one to speak for me!

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