From: doug@netcom.com (Doug Merritt)
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 93 10:04:32 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP in FIDO
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"Perry E. Metzger" <pmetzger@lehman.com> said:
> This is why, for instance, the maker of a knife can't
>be arrested because the knife is used to kill someone instead of
>cutting bread. The law is actually reasonable.

Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't. I recall some years ago when
bartenders were getting convicted for their patron's drunk driving
accidents.

One can't always count on laws being reasonable, and if they are, you
still can't always count on courts interpreting them reasonably.
	Doug