OK I come from this on both sides.
Regulation is neither a good thing or a bad thing depending on how
you view human nature.
If you view human nature as basically good and fell that you can
trust your fellow man to make decisions for your good. Than
regulation is a bad thing.
However if you view human nature as basically corrupt and not capable
of doing good than regulation is a good thing.
As a theologian I view mankind through both eyes. He is basically
good, but there is a corrupt part of him that will screw you whenever
he gets a chance.
So you must have regulation to protect you from the bad nature within us all.
Now you can over regulate and what we call micro manage
everything. I kind of see Steve Jobs within this realm.
Now before someone gets all hot and bothered, it has made his company
billions.
MS is even following his model with their next line of Smartphones
with a very rigorous requirement set from manufacturers to be able to
put the new Windows Mobile 7 on.
In some realms regulation needs to be done to ensure a satisfactory
experience by all parties.
Would you like to buy a house in a market without regulations?
Buy one down south where the regulations are not as stringent as
other areas of the country and you would be begging for regulation.
How about dealing with a loan company without regulations? One day
late with a payment and they come and extract satisfaction. (We had
names for this when I grew up it was called Loan Sharking, it was
basically loans outside the market without regulation)
So regulation is both a good thing and a bad thing depending on how it is done.
(Need I remind everyone of the regulation being exercised on some
cable companies re usage of the net?)
Stewart
At 07:10 PM 2/28/2010, you wrote:
It's frightening to think there are some out there who believe all
regulation is inherently good.
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 6:03 PM, [email protected]
<[email protected]>wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Jeff Miles <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Maybe it's just me, but I believe regulation to be a rather good thing.
>
> Yeah, if you are the regulator! Consider the banks after they
> nearly brought down the economy. Any mention of tighter regulation in
> the wake of that disaster, the banks and their legislative cronies go
> ballistic.
>
> Steve
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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