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From: john@x.UUCP (John Woods)
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Subject: Re: Oh good grief, the technostructure
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 16:49:28 EST
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> >... but I AM TIRED of a bunch of people
> >with ...no technical sophistication making
> >public policy.  We've got guys fighting passionately on both sides of the
> >House almost every day over this issue (and many others), and I'll bet you
> >there might be 3 people in there who could bias a transistor for class A 
> >operation.
> Why would we want to leave public policy to politicians?
>
> The techies can build all the flashy, explosive toys they want:
> this gives them no special skill at deciding who to throw them at.

So, we allow politicians to choose weapons (which may not work, but were built
in their district) and to choose targets (usually not their district).

Why?
-- 
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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