Digital BW, The Print

Kevin Gulstene wrote:

>Keith,
>
>I have to take exception to the way you have responded on three counts.
>
>Firstly, you are arguing by exaggeration here.  Worse, you are 
>premising your exaggeration on points that Bob did not actually say. 
>
Oh no?

" I'm a real believer that open markets, the old law of "supply and 
demand", and traditional economics do much better than any government 
regulation."

Please note the words " do much better than any government regulation." 
 Those are Bob's not mine..

> 
>The law of supply and demand is not the same as your caustic 
>interpretation of laissez faire.  Nobody suggested abandoning _all_ 
>government regulation.  Nobody suggested suspending a person's right to 
>sue in the case of wrongful injury.
>
Again, I refer you to Bob's quote above.. If the scope of his quote was 
meant to be one  that is much narrower than the plain language meaning, 
the onus is upon he, not the reader, to divine that.

I take some umbrage arguments that "an unfettered free market" ALWAYS 
provides the best or most efficient distribution of resources. Your 
answer itself  implicitly admits that in seeking to limit the scope of 
the comment..

>  Epson carts blowing up and causing 
>eye injuries? -- give me a break.
>


Ok, let's look at HP cartridges which do, on occasion, blow up.. ;-) Not 
so far-fetched is it?

>
>Two, your tone is demeaning and argumentative.
>

If that is so, I apologize, however, I take issue with opinion painted 
with a brush so broadly as to seemingly solve the problem - the world is 
rarely so simple.

>
>Three, there is a serious disconnect between what you actually know and 
>what you purport to know with respect to economics and the Law.
>  
>
LOL

Ok, now, how would you have any inkling what I know?

>I am happy to provide a more detailed assessment of your recent posts, 
>but would prefer to do it off-list. 
>
You are more than welcome to continue this with me offlist - offlist is 
really a more appropriate place for discussions of economics law and 
politics.

> In the meantime I have to go find 
>out what went wrong with my junk mail filter.
>  
>
Hope it hasn't died.  With SPAM up 450%  over the last year (thanks to a 
virtually complete lack of regulation) it is pretty onerous at times 
without a spam filter..

Keith

 

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