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- From: lawson@acuson.com (Drew Lawson)
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- Subject: Re: Lawyer's science vs. unbiased presentation of the facts
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.201654.15571@acuson.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 20:16:54 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.180905.17900@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
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- In article <1992Jul22.180905.17900@newsgate.sps.mot.com> titmas@chdasic.sps.mot.com (Eric Titmas) writes:
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- >we can:
- >a) use precedent and restrict people's freedoms (e.g. noone allowed to
- > own a car, etc.).
- >b) wait until there is specific knowledge that specific actions are
- > causing real injuries. At that point restrict peoples freedoms in the
- > least intrusive manner possible to end the injuries.
- >
- >Socialists choose a) and individualists choose b).
- >
- >A cliche applicable to a): "2 wrongs don't make a right".
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- A cliche applicable to b): "A stitch in time saves nine."
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- Drew Lawson If you're not part of the solution,
- lawson@acuson.com you're part of the precipitate
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