KPJ, I think you misunderstand.
Assessing someone as "too irrational to be trusted" does not necessarily
imply that the assessment is objective, nor that it will be acted upon by
a government agent or agency.
Compare that phrase with "this ice cream is too cold to eat", and you might
see that point better.
Please re-read the quoted part in that light.
She is saying that governments should NOT be trusted more than people.
MMB
KPJ wrote:
>
> |> Now, feel free to state your comments. "The audience is listening."
> |
> |Because some creatures are too irrational to be trusted with so
> |much as an icepick doesn't mean that all beings are to be
> |forbidden what in the hands of the utterly irrational and
> |irresponsible is dangerous. The assumption that no citizen
> |should have what every citizen cannot be entrusted with is quite
> |questionable. The assumption that only citizens who have become
> |part of the government should have what most citizens are not to
> |be trusted with is also very questionable.
>
> Who gets to decide who "are too irrational", then, I wonder.
>
> A citizen, you write. So the local power mongers (''the Government'')
> shall bludgeon all others to do their bidding, in your world model?
> And the non-citizens become their slaves, I surmise.
--MMB is reachable via butler at comp dash lib dot o r g * My moronic mnemonic for smart behavior: "DICKS" == * * diplomacy, integrity, courage, kindness, skepticism. *
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