Re: Orlowski: Your hate piece on Robin Hanson

From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 23:17:52 MDT

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    --- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > --- Adrian Tymes <wingcat@pacbell.net> wrote:
    > > You misunderstood: I, myself, am not convinced
    > that
    > > this needs to be sponsored by the government (as I
    > > said: let the market itself provide a market, as
    > it is
    > > already doing in other areas), so I will "take
    > this
    > > lying down". That's just my opinion and my
    > intended
    > > (in)action, of course.
    >
    > Ah, then a typical list response. Sorry if I mistook
    > you for a doer.

    I am doing other things. I disagree that action is
    needed on this particular point.

    > While I agree that it doesn't necessarily need to be
    > sponsored by the
    > government, my point isn't a matter of lobbying for
    > government
    > financing. My point is that we need to represent a
    > rational argument
    > for PAM in the public discourse, something that the
    > liberal anti-market
    > types are dominating so far with their demonization
    > of PAM and Robin.
    > Failure to do so may do more than end government
    > support of PAM, they
    > might make it illegal to do in the private sphere as
    > well.

    Doubtful. The calls are for the government not to
    fund
    PAMs. Trying to make them illegal would run into
    trying to make certain forms of betting - that look
    like betting in the present memespace, rather than
    elaborate plots to disguise and fund already criminal
    activity - illegal, which certain jurisdictions will
    not tolerate, even to the point of prevention of
    enforcement disobedience if necessary. (Nevada, for
    example.)



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