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I must voice an opinion here. I don't want mandatory motorcycle helmet
laws, mandatory airbags, or most of the rest of the junk the gov't mandates
to be mandated. I may choose to use one / buy one. But get the gov't out
of it. They are reactionary, clueless, and want to 'safety pin' our world
until it's impossible to get hurt. The problems are 1) they can't, and b)
we lose our rights along the way. Besides, the market will fix it in time
(if your insurance is more expensive because you don't have an airbag, then
you may choose to require a good airbag and then the automaker will put a
good one in; alternatively, you may choose to not have insurance, but then
you have to pay your own bills if you get hurt).
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul D. Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 8:23 AM
To: Ben Nagy
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Actually RE: Firewall Philosophy (was Re: DCOM on Gauntlet)
That's not true in the case of most safety equipment. For instance, you
can't be an auto maker and put substandard air bags in a car even if the
consumer wants to have the airbag feature without paying the price for
all that gold. Firewall manufacturers are *supposed* to know something
about security. The average firewall customer doesn't know anything
about security. While I'm not advocating firewall laws like there are
motorcycle helmet safety standards, seatbelt standards, and impact
protection requirments, there has to be some measure of responsibility on
the
part of the manufacturer.
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