From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 95 08:29:58 PST
To: Mark Grant <mark@unicorn.com>
Subject: Re: LOCKSMITH'S GUILD WANTS L
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Mark Grant says:
> 
> On Wed, 25 Jan 1995, Charles Bell wrote:
> 
> > how do
> > we ensure that those skyscrapers don't fall down on us?  That the surgeon
> > who is going to open me up knows something about surgery?  That my money
> > is at least somewhat safe in the bank?
> 
> With non-government reptutation and certification agencies.

I'll point out that insurance companies have typically taken on this
role, being at risk in these instances. "Underwriters Laboratories"
work with electrical safety is a real world example in which this
actually happened.

However, could we please take this discussion to someplace like
talk.politics.libertarian? The mere fact that I agree with the point
doesn't mean that I have an interest in seeing the only place for
cypherpunk discussion taken over by discussion of the evils of
government.

.pm