On 04/08/10 12:28, Paul McNett wrote: > > The government isn't better or worse at human rights, health care, or banking > than > the free market is, but the whole point of government is to regulate all > affairs so > things run smoothly and stay in control (as well as other important things > like > protecting our borders, making treaties, etc.). We have adequate history to > show us > that the free market needs government regulation. > > When an outbreak of disease happens, I expect my government to quarantine > people as > needed for the greater good. If people are still running infested desktops > connected > to the internet, and aren't acting to remedy the situation, those computers > need to > be taken down and their owners rehabilitated, possibly by running properly > configured > Linux or Macintosh desktops instead, since those platforms have a track > record of > being more resistant to malware than Windows systems are. > > Or, if they don't want to switch to a more secure platform, they can instead > take > classes to become a Microsoft-certified professional and gain the expertise > necessary > to be able to keep their own system clean. ;) >
I expect when you talk of "the govt" you mean teh U.S. govt., and when you talk about staying in control you are really saying in control of U.S. machines. And when you talk about "taking down" (unhappy choice of words) computers you mean U.S. computers. Because you know, nobody named USA govt. the world police, nor the internet police. Now if your govt. wants to "take down" your own machines, that's all right by me. But you should remember the internet is a *global* place and that "taking down" US machines does not make too big a difference as there are countless machines outside US jurisdiction. OTOH, the chinese govt. has the same approach regarding a political "outbreak of disease" and "quarantines" the rest of the world by not allowing chinese computers free access to the internet. I don't think that is desirable. You can't force people "for their own good", that sounds suspiciously authoritarian. So I'd say we should look for some other way of accomplishing our goals. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
