-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Adamson <stephenk@spiritone.com>
To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com>
> I wonder. The other thing, of course, is that kind of invention would
be so
>dangerous to the people in power (such as our Perjurer-in-Chief =) ) that
it
>would probably be squashed and destroyed immediately. At least, it would be
>denied federal funding.
And would then immediately spring up in countries which didn't suppress it, followed by black market ones in your country and then it would be legalised by default.
It is very hard to ban technology that is easily made. to (mis)quote "It Steams Engines when it's Steam Engine time".
Samael