POLITICS - ephedra - should we license herbalists?

February 10, 2004

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:18:43 -0500

Idol <Idol@...> wrote:

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>>Licensing doesn't protect people from bad practioners, in fact it

>>usually lowers quality because it gives people a false sense of comfort

>>(thus they stop doing their own due diligence).

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>Furthermore, while I agree with you up to a point, there are two flaws with

>your final conclusion and agenda.

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>First, you're suggesting that people shouldn't delegate their due

>diligence. Sounds great, but in a complex modern world, it's _not

>possible_ to perform one's own due diligence in more than a relative

>handful of domains. Delegation is not only inevitable but required,

>regardless of its inevitable shortcomings.

No I am not suggesting such. Sorry if you got that impression.

>Second, you're assuming that in the absence of government-based delegation,

>the quality of available delegation would be improved, but again, this is

>most likely an unwarranted assumption, as even a cursory reading of _Trust

>Us, We're Experts_ will show.

Yes I do, in fact the best third party delegation available today is

already private. But I have no desire to debate this with you and the

related and underlying issues as and have already done so.

Liking

" They told just the same,

That just because a tyrant has the might

By force of arms to murder men downright

And burn down house and home and leave all flat

They call the man a captain, just for that.

But since an outlaw with his little band

Cannot bring half such mischief on the land

Or be the cause of so much harm and grief,

He only earns the title of a thief. "

--Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale

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