At 07:43 AM 10/1/98 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
Personaly, 3 Mile Island in a un-regulated industry scares the hell out of me...and I support nuclear power. Look at the fiasco of Chernobyl in a control market.
Observe that the level of harm is approximately proportional to the level of government regulation. You presuppose that government officials will be more virtuous than private individuals. This is obviously unlikely, since they have less reason to fear retribution than private individuals. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG KbuqgbXneCGpwCkzD74HaiFd/J5YwQM2KIGMZj5R 4MnABV61Fum7fXVJ9y0SGutgtOy0PncqHqIN0Mlc9 ----------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ James A. Donald