Dan Minette wrote: > >If you offer a someone a chance to reach a goal by a given means, game >theory suggests that they will use it. I agree with Kevin that slippery >slope arguments are not the best. But, this isn't a slippery slope >argument. The Fool made a slippery slope argument, IMHO, when he said >that the proposed home guard program (having a single toll free number to >report possible terrorism, having mailmen look out for suspicious >activity) is a step towards a police state. This is a game theory >argument. > Slippery slope or no, I don't like it. Especially as it coincides with proposals that entail a greater degree of government secrecy. Lopsided transparency. And when it comes right down to it, 911 probably wouldn't have happened if the government agencies we already have (immigration, FBI, CIA, etc.) would have been on the ball.
Doug
