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From: ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch)
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Subject: Re: Jurisprudence and Science - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 2-Jan-85 10:31:22 EST
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>>Because of the enormous settlements for the children who get
>>post-vaccinial encephalopathy (a complication that is unavoidable and
>>statistically predictable) no one is willing to make the vaccine unless
>>the government will indemnify them against the suits.  

>Ah, but is it the lawyers who are at fault, or those who demand perfect
>safety and harmlessness of everything (at least everything that isn't
>"natural")?

	Now, now..  It's the people who are at fault; folks who demand
perfection from corporations and other entities (who themselves aren't
so perfect) are the folks that keep these lawyers up to their ears in
cash settlement dollars.  They keep the prices of our consumer goods
sky-high (yes, all of you who buy Eveready batteries will be paying for
what happened in Bhopal, India ).

	What seems to be the *real* question is: what can be done about
this absurdity?

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