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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (76468)	10/4/2003 4:14:46 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

There is unrest in the Forest There is trouble with the trees For the Maples want more sunlight And the Oaks ignore their pleas The trouble with the Maples (And they're quite convinced they're right) They say the Oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light But the Oaks can't help their feelings If they like the way they're made And they wonder why the Maples Can't be happy in their shade? There is trouble in the forest And the creatures all have fled As the Maples scream `Oppression!` And the Oaks, just shake their heads So the Maples formed a Union And demanded equal rights 'The Oaks are just too greedy We will make them give us light' Now there's no more Oak oppression For they passed a noble law And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, Axe, And saw ...

To: epicure who wrote (76468)	10/4/2003 4:29:12 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Perhaps you are not underestimating such things I wouldn't begin to know how to estimate it. We have no data and no way to even guesstimate any. I take your point on the harm. Problem is that it's so amorphous that there's no way to measure it and no way to take action to obviate it save putting a halt to Mojo, and it wouldn't be right to do that without some kind of cost-benefit analysis, which isn't feasible. You said you wouldn't constrain him, anyway, so that leaves us with some undetermined harm and no alternatives for mitigation.