[tinwhiskers] Re: IPC Survey Reveals Electronics Industry Not Prepared for REACH
- From: "Bob Landman" <rlandman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:12:27 -0400
"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I
repeat myself."
-Mark Twain
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Confused, contradictory, or poorly conceived laws, drafted in ignorance of the
state of the art, do not engender respect for the law.
Our courts are fond of telling us that Ignorance is no excuse for the law.
However, it cuts both ways. Ignorance of practicality, science, and
technologies are no excuses for bad laws. If we are to be expected to respect
the law in any way, it must be achievable, enforceable, and reasonable. I
think we as engineers, businessmen, and scientists need to point out what is
wrong in a very public forum. Clearly the private, quiet comments don't work.
We owe our leaders that much.
After that, we must campaign against these idiots. And please understand, I
mean the term idiot in a classic sense: one who does not respect government.
The behavior of these poor excuses for leadership is egregiously ignorant, ill
advised, and destructive. It is being imposed instead of governed. If this
keeps up, I may have to learn Mandarin and move to China.
Jacob Brodsky, PE
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Mark Vaughan" <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>
> If the EU's aim for REACH is to work, the data needs to be accurate.
> If they push this hard the data will be useless. I would hope under
> very basic logic they cannot deny this fact.
>
> We could use this in various ways to our advantage.
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