Re: Chemicals in Sweden guilty until proven innocent

From: Michael S. Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Fri Dec 15 2000 - 09:17:24 MST


More like banning marriage to cure the problem of adultery.

"Michael M. Butler" wrote:
>
> Hmmm, kind of like... G**** <sudden noise obliterates the word> <Joe
> Dees and Mike Lorrey scuffle and vituperate> <temporary silence
> prevails> <lather (or is that "foam"?), rinse, repeat>.
>
> "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
> > At the other end, all new technology is
> > banned until it is known to be perfectly safe at the end of infinite
> > time. Historically, political bodies have almost always made the error of
> > trying to ban too much technology, rather than banning too little. We
> > are, therefore, always extremely suspicious of efforts to regulate
> > technology further.



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