PKC

Ken Brown ukcrypto at maillist.ox.ac.uk
Fri, 29 Sep 2000 11:04:25 +0100



Richard Watts wrote:
 
>  Indeed. And who would tell individual patients their rights, help
> them exercise them, and explain what they mean ? 

But that's my problem. Who are you to decide whether I should be faced
with it or not? This is obviously "rights" defined as "what the nice man
in the suit says you can do".

> Public policy is in
> distinct danger of presenting citizens with choices about as
> meaningful as `Reload MSVCRTX.DLL, overwriting slot 41925 ?'

Oh, every time - but then I have a backup :-)

> - you
> may have been asked the question, but are you making an informed
> choice ?

That's no reason for someone government official to come and prevent me
making the choice. Nice if they help out a little, but it is still my
choice, not theirs.