In article , "Leon" wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message news:tImPa.7542
Bad examples.

Water quality is clearly a public health issue (e.g.
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/pubs/snow/snow.html). AFAIK, table saw injuries
are
not contagious, and thus do not pose the sort of threat to public health
that
justifies government intervention.

Oh so you are going to decide for all of us what is to be considered a
threat to public safety and what is not...

No, I'll be perfectly content to leave that to the scientists. Go have a look
at the URL I provided (cited above). It's been well-known for a couple
centuries that contaminated water is a public health hazard; I didn't invent
that notion.

Are you contending that table saws are a threat to public safety?

Public high school shop class TS....they dont need it... hell they are just
learning and they are our kids that do not provide much income. Small shop
employees that buy none of the eauipment but get hurt way too often...

I never said those things.

My position is that it should be left to the choice of the purchaser, whether
to buy the $aw$top or not. Your position is that the government should require
it, regardless of whether the purchaser wants it.



The National Electrical Code was developed by the National Fire Protection
Association (www.nfpa.org), a nonprofit group founded by insurance
industry
representatives. It has *no* connection to any governmental agencies
except in
an advisory capacity.

Well I don't know where you live but the city building inspectors do inspect
for correct wiring that conforms to code. That does not happen where you
live?

You seem to have forgotten what you posted, so I'll remind you. You wrote:

"If [people] only knew how much of their lives revolves something governmant
mandated and are thankful that it was. Take quality of water supplied to you
by your city water department or Electrical codes to prevent elecctrical fires
for instance."

My point was that government mandates had *nothing* to do with the development
of electrical codes.



confounds me, is that while they seem to think their freedom will be lost
if
the SawStop company get its way and those same people seem to think that
I
don't have the freedom to voice my openion on the matter.

Obviously the freedom to choose a table saw that is not equipped with
$aw$top
*will* be lost if the company gets its way. DUH.

With the exception of what saw you buy, I doube you will notice any loss of
freedom... Loss of freedom is a broad and sweeping term. You will of
course loose the choice to buy a new saw with out this feature if the
petition goes through.

*Any* loss of my freedom bothers me.

And nobody here has said that you don't (or shouldn't) have the freedom to
voice your opinion on the matter. We're telling you you're wrong, and we
think
you should shut up. I would never dream of asking the government to
*force*
you to.


Lets see Doug were you the one or the other Doug that likes to use the term
Hypocrite. In the same paragraph...aw. just reread the above paragraph.

That was me. If you're accusing me of hypocricy in what I posted, I guess I'm
a little too dense to see it.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)

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