On Jun 6, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Andrew Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 03:06:24PM +0000, Milton L Mueller wrote: >> You have to do a better job of explaining why it is "fair" to force a >> willing seller and a willing buyer to submit to an additional step when that >> step both limits the quantity of resources available for transfer and raises >> the cost of participating in the market by a substantial degree. >> > > Not only that. If you believe that the purpose of self-regulation is > to avoid legislators coming in, you need to explain why the > self-regulation is not burdensome, lest legislators decide that such a > burden is unreasonable and should be taken over by "adults" (where > "adults" and "legislators" are conflated). Given that no expansion or increased burden of regulation is being proposed vs. regulations that everyone has accepted for more than a decade, I think that case is pretty well proven. When seeking to reduce regulations, the burden is to prove that such a relaxation of regulations would not be harmful. Owen _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
