At 8:00 AM -0700 9/18/96, Mark Rogaski wrote:
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An entity claiming to be Krenn wrote: : : It would be nice to have a list of actual products which are deemed : potential snake-oil. Such a list could be maintained anonymously : through a nym to avoid all the annoying legal problems with commenting : on another's product. Though truth is the best defense against libel : charges, it would be very annoying to be sued or some such by some : hairbrained snake-oil peddler. :
I think a blacklist of that sort is inherently bad. I would much rather have the public be able to RECOGNIZE SYMPTOMS of snake oil, rather than just be spoon fed a list of good products vs. bad products. Pardon the cliche, but if you give a man a fish ... etc, etc.
mark
I agree in principle, but for the foreseeable future I think the list will be a "good thing". -Lance ---------------------------------------------------------- Lance Cottrell loki@obscura.com PGP 2.6 key available by finger or server. Mixmaster, the next generation remailer, is now available! http://www.obscura.com/~loki/Welcome.html or FTP to obscura.com "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come." --Nietzsche ----------------------------------------------------------