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Look folks, no one says that, in a free society, you need to fly on an
airplane that's unsafe, or visit a dentist with a worthless degree, or
purchase a worthless trading system. All that a free society implies is
that there is no GOVERNMENTAL regulation - no regulation that impairs my
freedom or that of the dentist.
I do not advocate visiting the dentist without a valid degree (for example).
In fact, I should think that, in a society free of governmental regulation
there would be a private company that would perform a certification
function. And I would not visit an uncertified dentist. Nor fly on an
uncertified airplane. Nor purchase an uncertified trading system. But no
one would HAVE TO be certified. If a man didn't want to be certified, he
wouldn't have to be. It's his choice, and that of the customers who decide
whether to deal with him.
All the best,
Trader J
-----Original Message-----
From: Neal T. Weintraub <thevindicator@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Robert W Cummings <robertwc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: System Venders and registration
I wish we could all live in Wyoming in the year 1878. Our society is more
complex. I just would like to know that the mechanic who worked on the jet
this afternoon was checked out. But gawd I do not want to infringe upon his
rights.
Do not like the laws, change them.
By the way, if you want to smoke and hire a hooker you can. Come with me to
Holland.
We will have an Amsterdam good time. Should I tell my wife?
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert W Cummings <robertwc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Trader J <editorial@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; Robert W Cummings
<robertwc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: System Venders and registration
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>TraderJ
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>Exactly but in a perfect world, what about the cancer patient dying who can
>not have the latest drug because it has not yet been proven safe. Why
>indeed license the good doctor monitor his prescriptions uses ? Why make a
>futures broker time stamp each an every order four times and keep it six
>years? Why does every advertisement a securities broker run have to be
>approved for content by the SEC then filed and kept for six years? Why is
>it all these professions can't be practice with a felony conviction? If I
>agree with you then why me and not you by what standard of justice are you
>using with all of us in the above. Why in the above professions are we
>presumed guilty until we prove our innocence from documentation. Why is it
>that a car repair establishment can fix my cars with a mechanic who is on
>commissions that has a felony conviction for thief not have to be licensed
>and prove his findings. Why can't I have a prostitute, smoke marijuana, do
>heroin and then if I get sick terminal cancer commit suicide. If it were
>your job to protect the publics interest in the above what would you tell
>them be careful let the user beware. Is it that people who only write
>software that are exempt here. Is it that regulations apply just for the
>ones who perform a service for the public that have to be regulated that
>handle health and money. If I agree again I say why you not me, why? Where
>does a good intentioned government draw the line in protecting its citizens
>you decide. You say you have no right then I say you have no right to
>regulate me either then we both have to go back and live in this imperfect
>world. Like I said its a complex issue. Its hard for me not to be a
>hypocrite here it really is.
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>Robert
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>>By what right, by what moral code, by what standard of justice, do you
>>presume to regulate my freedom to act? The public good? Who is the
public?
>>Everyone but me?
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>>Why do you point your gun at me? It's not a gun, you say? You are not
>>*forcing* me to do anything? Fine. Then accept my refusal to comply with
>>your regulations, which I do not recognize.
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>>I suggest that you re-read Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". Particularly Part II,
>>Chapter IV, "The Sanction of the Victim". You are making the very common
>>mistake of separating ends from context and means. There is no cause that
>>can make it right to sacrifice a man.
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>>All the best,
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>>Trader J
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