From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@calweb.com)
Date: Tue Apr 29 1997 - 00:31:14 MDT
> >Actually I find the political claim--the idea that some unnamed agency
> >of government might be capable of supressing a spectacularly valuable
> >invention, that it would be in their interest to do so, and that the
> >effect on the economy would be anything but positive--even more ludicrous
> >than the pseudo-scientific claims, and strong evidence that the author
> >is not merely a harmless crackpot but trying to perpetrate a deliberate
> >fraud upon his readers for some purpose I can only speculate. And while
> >I might have some sympathy for innocent dupes, I have none for criminals.
>
> Well, what about FDA shenanigans? As a libertarian, surely you think
> there's something a bit fishy going on there? It's not too much to
> extend one's paranoia a bit more, is it?
> Guru George
Of course--criminals are criminals whether in or out of government.
How does that relate to our discussion? I don't see any connection.
If by 'paranoia' you mean 'distrust of government', then that's fine
with me. I never expressed any trust in them, I merely find it
absurd to grant them the competence and power to do what it was
suggested they are doing. I wholly grant that they are capable of
sinister motives--in fact I assume it.
But I don't let my speculation about people's motives cloud my
judgment of facts. I don't take sides, I hold principles.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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