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<blockquote data-quote="Burrito" data-source="post: 838749" data-attributes="member: 72439">Exactly.Spanks is getting a little ridiculous in all this.What he&#039;s talking about is called &#039;negative externalities&#039; in economics.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]227202[/ATTACH]So when we (the state, country..) allow consumers to purchase and use equipment that negatively affects others, they should pay a price for it to cover the costs of the negative effects of others, or the government should regulate the negative externality out of existence.I agree with the concept totally.&nbsp; So in the USA, where we have the negative externality of over 30,000 gun deaths annually because people cannot use and protect weapons in any sort of legit way, there is a resulting huge death toll every year.&nbsp; And this is hugely wrong.So when we start the door-to-door gun roundup to mitigate the annual USA gun slaughter, we can also start the roundup of all computers that might infect our neighbors.&nbsp; Yeah, that&#039;s it.&nbsp; That&#039;s the answer.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite119" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />,</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Burrito, post: 838749, member: 72439"] Exactly. Spanks is getting a little ridiculous in all this. What he's talking about is called 'negative externalities' in economics. [ATTACH type="full"]227202[/ATTACH] So when we (the state, country..) allow consumers to purchase and use equipment that negatively affects others, they should pay a price for it to cover the costs of the negative effects of others, or the government should regulate the negative externality out of existence. I agree with the concept totally. So in the USA, where we have the negative externality of over 30,000 gun deaths annually because people cannot use and protect weapons in any sort of legit way, there is a resulting huge death toll every year. And this is hugely wrong. So when we start the door-to-door gun roundup to mitigate the annual USA gun slaughter, we can also start the roundup of all computers that might infect our neighbors. Yeah, that's it. That's the answer. :rolleyes: , [/QUOTE]

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