Edit History (Oldest to Newest)
Version: 1
Fields Changed (Original)
Updated
Content

"I expect that a power tool with particular dangers will have particular warning signs.  If somebody wanted to invent their own system of warning signs and thresholds instead, no ordinary store would carry their goods.  But if there were weird people who wanted their power tools to have different warning signs, enough to form a market like that, you could sell those power tools in a shop of Ill-Advised Consumer Goods.  I'm... not sure of the moral theory under which a civilization could reasonably not allow shops like that, unless their smart people were enough smarter than ours to know for certain that nobody ever needed an exception to the rules and that the damage done by Ill-Advised Consumer Goods would exceed the damage done by loss of freedom and individuality."  She hopes they enjoy their system of uniform rules with no exceptions and no way out in case somebody happens to be different!  Maybe someday she'll get back to her 'monoculture' where weirdos have more of an acknowledged right to exist and be weird.

Version: 2
Fields Changed Content
Updated
Content

"I expect that a power tool with particular dangers will have particular warning signs.  If somebody wanted to invent their own system of warning signs and thresholds instead, no ordinary store would carry their goods.  But if there were weird people who wanted their power tools to have different warning signs, enough to form a market for them, you could sell those power tools in a shop of Ill-Advised Consumer Goods.  I'm... not sure of the moral theory under which a civilization could reasonably not allow shops like that, unless their smart people were enough smarter than ours to know for certain that nobody ever needed an exception to the rules and that the damage done by Ill-Advised Consumer Goods would exceed the damage done by loss of freedom and individuality."  She hopes they enjoy their system of uniform rules with no exceptions and no way out in case somebody happens to be different!  Maybe someday she'll get back to her 'monoculture' where weirdos have more of an acknowledged right to exist and be weird.

Version: 3
Fields Changed Content
Updated
Content

"I expect that a power tool with particular dangers will have particular warning signs.  If somebody wanted to invent their own system of warning signs and thresholds instead, no ordinary store would carry those goods.  But if there were weird people who wanted their power tools to have different warning signs, enough to form a market for them, you could sell those power tools in a shop of Ill-Advised Consumer Goods.  I'm... not sure of the moral theory under which a civilization could reasonably not allow shops like that, unless their smart people were enough smarter than ours to know for certain that nobody ever needed an exception to the rules and that the damage done by Ill-Advised Consumer Goods would exceed the damage done by loss of freedom and individuality."  She hopes they enjoy their system of uniform rules with no exceptions and no way out in case somebody happens to be different!  Maybe someday she'll get back to her 'monoculture' where weirdos have more of an acknowledged right to exist and be weird.

Version: 4
Fields Changed Content
Updated
Content

"I expect that a power tool with particular dangers will have particular warning signs.  If somebody wanted to invent their own system of warning signs and thresholds instead, no ordinary store would carry those expectation-violating goods.  But if there were weird people who wanted their power tools to have different warning signs, enough to form a market for them, you could sell those power tools in a shop of Ill-Advised Consumer Goods.  I'm... not sure of the moral theory under which a civilization could reasonably not allow shops like that, unless their smart people were enough smarter than ours to know for certain that nobody ever needed an exception to the rules and that the damage done by Ill-Advised Consumer Goods would exceed the damage done by loss of freedom and individuality."  She hopes they enjoy their system of uniform rules with no exceptions and no way out in case somebody happens to be different!  Maybe someday she'll get back to her 'monoculture' where weirdos have more of an acknowledged right to exist and be weird.

Version: 5
Fields Changed Content
Updated
Content

"I expect that a power tool with particular dangers will have particular warning signs.  If somebody wanted to invent their own system of warning signs instead, no ordinary store would carry those expectation-violating goods.  But if there were weird people who wanted their power tools to have different warning signs, enough to form a market for them, you could sell those power tools in a shop of Ill-Advised Consumer Goods.  I'm... not sure of the moral theory under which a civilization could reasonably not allow shops like that, unless their smart people were enough smarter than ours to know for certain that nobody ever needed an exception to the rules and that the damage done by Ill-Advised Consumer Goods would exceed the damage done by loss of freedom and individuality."  She hopes they enjoy their system of uniform rules with no exceptions and no way out in case somebody happens to be different!  Maybe someday she'll get back to her 'monoculture' where weirdos have more of an acknowledged right to exist and be weird.