Bernstein's Blog

> He isn't trying to prohibit stupid people from insisting on doing stupid things, he is trying to prevent people who don't know any better from doing stupid things. His argument is that people who see that a PQ only standard exists are going to think it is safe to use, because otherwise why would it be a standard.

This argument postulates that some people are clever enough to look for a standard and read it, but that the same people are way too stupid to understand what's written in the standard, and that those very same people will be misled. That argument sounds surprisingly like a religion which wants to prevent people from straying from the true path of enlightenment. It also reminds me of the "think of the children!" mind trick.