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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:21:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Horst Lehner writes:
> Hello Larry,
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> > I believe you are caught in a contradiction, you have conceded that the
> > licensing act does nothing to improve safety and that it is a personal
> > responsibility issue and that licenses therefore are useless yet you still
> > cling to the state and its false protective cloak.
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> No, you're trying to construct the contradiction, by requiring that the
> result of a regulation must be perfect.
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> Requiring a license does improve safety (though not perfectly).
You haven't demonstrated that to my satisfaction.
> True, it
> just sets a minimum standard [1].
Minimum standards tend to become maximum standards in a regulatory environment.
> This is at least sensible, because some
> people don't exercise personal responsibility in the way they should.
There are other, better, mechanisms for changing this behaviour than
regulations. Regulations give a shield to hide behind when things go awry...
"but our security process complied with federal regulation" that isn't there
under Tort law.
If the president of Delta Airlines knew that his malfeasance might result in
the entire airline going bankrupt, loss of his personal fortune, and his
incarceration in jail (all possible under strict liability, not possible in
our current shielded system) his actions would be much much different, to
our great benefit. He's not stupid.
++Lar
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) In the case of United Airlines, rather than having to face the true weight of their possible negligence in terms of security failures leading up to the disasters, they have de facto been rewarded by govt. shielding that has given them a (...) (23 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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| (...) Well, I may not be able to ... (...) Not if the interest to conform to the minimum standard is complemented by additional interest to do even better. (...) I never intended to *replace* tort law by regulations. I always thought of them as (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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| Hello Larry, (...) No, you're trying to construct the contradiction, by requiring that the result of a regulation must be perfect. Requiring a license does improve safety (though not perfectly). True, it just sets a minimum standard [1]. This is at (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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