From: pstemari@erinet.com (Paul J. Ste. Marie)
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 95 20:24:04 PST
To: John Young <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Locksmith's Guild wants limit on free speech
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At 12:42 PM 1/22/95 -0500, John Young wrote:
> ...  
>Both fear that they do not know the code well enough to take the risk of
>being found at fault by random municipal inspections of construction. 
>A-E's dread the liability and blame by owners for well-known construction
>corner-cutting, and owners suspect their professionals competency and
>ethics -- afraid that the pros will certify in ignorance or cupidity and
>that the owners will face costly corrections without having the traditional
>scapegoat of over-weening government to justify cheating in the field. 

A classic example of people being unwilling to accept responsibility for the 
outcome of their own actions.  That said, building inspection serve much the 
same function as code reviews, and are a "good thing" for exactly the same 
reason.  I suspect that the A-E's will lobby for liability exemptions, and 
if they fail to get them, they will wind up going to private building 
inspectors/"code consultants" just like in-house accountants bring in 
outside auditors.

    --Paul J. Ste. Marie
      pstemari@well.sf.ca.us, pstemari@erinet.com