From: liberty@gate.net (Jim Ray)
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 95 02:49:17 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers?
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Brian Davis wrote:

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>Last I checked, FDA, UL, or state bar association approval does not 
>*require* you to take, use, or hire the approved drug, toaster or lawyer.  
>Market forces are still at work, albeit in a filtered environment.

The filter is weakest from UL, yet I trust its output the most.

>Just a first cut.  And even that can usually be gotten around.

Getting around David KeSSler involves about $30 million and a *bunch*
of lawyers. Skipping this first cut, even with far safer products (IMO)
than "Proscar," can lead to an armed raid of your doctor's office.
If state bars can usually be gotten around, why take three of them?
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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