On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Harry Penner wrote:

> On Aug 19, 2010, at 16:48, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Harry Penner wrote:
>>
>>> I'm making sweeping generalizations because although it may seem like a
>>> small technical issue it's subject to the same basic laws of
>>> governmental intervention as anything else.
>>
>> What are the "basic laws of governmental intervention?"  You don't seem 
>> like much of an expert to me, but maybe you can refer me to a text book 
>> on this subject.  Is this something that all experts in econ/poli-sci 
>> agree on or is this just an idea that you are trying to promote in 
>> opposition to the views of many experts?
>
> Who said I'm an expert, or that someone has to be an expert to ask you 
> to think past the end of your nose?  This is a LUG for crying out loud 
> -- aren't we all independent thinkers here?

You were telling us all how government works, what we ought to do with 
regard to net neutrality, etc., but I think you don't know the first thing 
about it.


>>> Of course regulation is a double-edged sword.  Some helps keep us 
>>> safe, and some helps make us miserable.  But all of it restricts our 
>>> choices, because that's what regulations are designed to DO.
>>
>> If a government regulation prevents a corporation from poisoning your 
>> drinking water and crippling you or killing your children, you actually 
>> end up with more choices than you would have had if there had been no 
>> regulation.
>
> No.

Whatever.

Mike