From: liberty@gate.net (Jim Ray)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 95 15:57:37 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers?
Message-ID: <199509142253.SAA63671@tequesta.gate.net>
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Brian Davis wrote:

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>Just wondering about liability issues after state accrediting is dead.

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<I can resist jumping in no longer...>

Despite loud squawking, "chaos" will not ensue. Instead, the private
sector will take over assesing risk, which it has always done better.

An example: I'd rather jump into a full bathtub with a plugged-in,
UL [Underwriter's Laboratories] certified TV set than take the FDA
approved (but very dangerous, IMO) prostate drug called "Proscar."
While there is only one UL (by choice, not force) and only one FDA
(by force, not choice) I can easily imagine a  lawyer-certifying
companies like UL for appliances, probably tied [like UL] to the
insurance industry. [I am not a lawyer, or a doctor either.]
JMR


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Regards, Jim Ray

"When making public-policy decisions for the government, I think one
should ask oneself which technologies would best strengthen the hand
of a police state. Then, do not allow the government to deploy those
technologies."  -- Phillip Zimmermann, talking to himself. (Congress
sure-as-hell wasn't paying attention!)
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