On Thu, 14 Sep 1995, Dar Scott wrote:
Black Unicorn wrote,
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Perhaps, I could have use the phrases "non-coercion-based" licensing and "coercion-based" licensing, but I am not comfortable with these--trade licensing invokes too violent of an image.
I think this construction is still flawed. I will remain by my position that licensing is useful when not used to collect taxes or otherwise overregulate. I also hold that the distinctions you make between licensing and certification are without functional difference in effect and are deceptive in that they suggest a significant difference in effect or purpose where there is none.
The difference in effect is in emergent market optimization. The difference in purpose is ethical.
I have learned that you--and perhaps others--do not see an important difference in these two styles of influencing behavior. I see a major difference and in thinking the difference was obvious was slow in understanding your position.
I think I understand your position now. To me there is little difference in how one is persuaded against one's will. Certainly I dislike violence, but some of the "persuasive" methods in a market economy sicken me just as much as force might. In any event, your construction makes sense to me, even if I do not find it useful myself.
Great. You're already enjoying breakfast and I still have to go to bed.
I hate time zones.
Dar
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