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Ed Felten's tinyp2p

Ed Felten's tinyp2p

Posted Dec 16, 2004 16:45 UTC (Thu) by jhardin (guest, #3297)
In reply to: Ed Felten's tinyp2p by ccchips
Parent article: Ed Felten's tinyp2p

"...many farmers were put off by the notion that ownership of explosives somehow implied intent to harm."

Absolutely.

My belief is that you should be able to possess *anything you want*. The only legally defensible reason to restrict ownership of something is if that thing is dangerous by itself - e.g. certain biological and radioactive materials, where improper storage leads to a significant public hazard.


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