Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!qumix!ittvax!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!mms1646 From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Libertarianism and the Police Message-ID: <1340274@acf4.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 02:05:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.1340274 Posted: Tue Jul 9 02:05:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 15:52:31 EDT References: <7800338@inmet.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 21 >/* mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) / 12:11 pm Jul 6, 1985 */ >I want a blanket assurance that my common purchases are going to do >more or less what they claim and are not going to kill me. So you are willing to twist the arms of those who would not cheat you in order to make sure that no one will, right? >Private >quality-testing groups are great for the major purchases over which >one is willing to spend some time and effort. But I'd like to have >some time left over after just surviving, for work and for play (and >for sleep, too). That is precisely why private quality-testing organizations come into being, because many people have this need but don't have the time to research everything themselves. >Martin Taylor Mike Sykora