On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Tim Howe wrote:

> > > And I love the idea that anyone with mechanical skills can build a
> > > functioning car in their basement workshop; but I'm glad that there
> > > are laws that govern the minimum standards a vehicle must meet before
> > > being allowed on public roads...
>
>       Here's another one!  Speech, ideas, and information should be allowed to flow 
>freely; thousands of pounds of steel should not.

Point taken, the analogy was a poor one.

A better analogy could be drawn from neurophysiology, signals are
propagating with insufficient damping, the global brain needs to grow some
dopamine receptors.

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