On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Chris Croughton wrote: > Well, 'we' gave the government the ability to block our fiddling with > them many years ago, when 'we' allowed them to say whether a customised > car was roadworthy or not. The same as 'we' allowed then to say that we > can't repair the wiring in our own houses any more. And part of the > reason is because of the few who messed with them and caused trouble > (burning down the house because they rewired it incorrectly, causing > accidents with improperly maintained cars, etc.). The vast majority of > people are not qualified to do those things safely (most people can't > even wire a mains plug safely).
That people make such rediculous statements as your last one is how govt's are able to pass such stupid laws. Wiring a plug is easy and new plugs even come with a colour guide to match the avaialble wiring (red/black and /brown/blue/green&yellow). Those who are unable to rewire a house don't try to do so. Those who are more confident of their abilities will tend to use a qualified electrician anyway. Those who are so stupid as to do it when they cannot will simply ignore legislation. > > I agree with this. "tivo"isation is a bad word. Why not "neutering"? > > 'Locking'? Neither fully describes the problem. I agree that branding the issue doesn't help however. Jason -- UKFSN.ORG Finance Free Software while you surf the 'net http://www.ukfsn.org/ up to 8Mb ADSL Broadband from just £14.98 http://www.linuxadsl.co.uk/ ADSL routers from just £21.98 _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
