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To: Metacomet who wrote (23794)	10/10/2007 11:36:25 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 217648

Long before there was a law against lead paint in New Zealand, people knew not to put lead paint on children's toys or in other situations likely to lead to people getting it into them. < The problem is that China has not as yet outlawed the use of lead base paints. It is a paint that is customarily used there.> There is more to life and ethics than laws. If China is still putting lead paint on children's toys in China, then they are far more backward than I had given them credit for. I doubt that they do actually, though no doubt some criminal types, or totally ignorant fools, do so. Civilized people don't need a law to avoid harming other people. Sure, the specification should specify no lead paint, nor cadmium, uranium or any other metal. Nor any chemical not previously approved. But when your suppliers are up to no good, it's hard to defend yourself. It's far better to have suppliers who use applied intelligence for mutual benefit. In a marriage, one doesn't specify everything to a fine point. Life is far too complex for that. One expects some basics which will take care of the big stuff such as fidelity or not, property sharing or not, children or not, Islamic Jihad, Judaism, Catholicism, or Good Sense. The small stuff can be sorted out later with applied intelligence in love. Of course it's best to have as detailed specifications as both parties can be bothered organizing. But that will still leave gaps. The aim of life is not to allocate all resources to lawyers and specification writers. Mqurice