tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post2405761721791416207..comments2024-02-27T15:47:47.923-05:00Comments on Principled Perspectives: NJ’s Self-Serve/Full-Serve Gasoline Wars: The Star-Ledger exposes the True Motive Behind Government Regulation principled perspectiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-4690324375146174432018-01-16T22:39:05.109-05:002018-01-16T22:39:05.109-05:00Hay!, I mean, hey (but we can make hay on this). ...Hay!, I mean, hey (but we can make hay on this). We're one on this, "when the actions of individuals can directly harm others". The key word is, directly. It can be indirect, in which case the words, can, might, does, will, may, etc., are irrelevant. Self serve gas is safe, under law & gvt., and it poses no health risk. As for infectious diseases (sorry, you brought that up, although I said, "health", and I pick it up and run), immigrants, the home-grown, tourists, etc., can transmit them unknowingly. Whether they know or not (some can, might, and do know), they must be corralled, until further disposition. It's the same as at an actual crime scene where any innocent bystander is dumb enough to not get his ass out of there unless he wants to be a witness, whereby he has to work his way out of charges for simply being there, despite his being innocent until proven guilty. Same way with an innocent carrier of an infectious disease.Mike Kevittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-60361777234515708122018-01-16T18:06:19.839-05:002018-01-16T18:06:19.839-05:00Well, I think of "public safety" when th...Well, I think of "public safety" when the actions of individuals can directly harm others—e.g., the matter of traffic laws. On public health, maybe the matter of life-threatening infectious diseases, in which case government-imposed quarantines may be valid. But, you're right, the government's role must be strictly limited and clearly defined. As to public safety regarding self-serve gas, 48 states have had it for years or decades.T he verdict is in; there is no extraordinary public health threat. principled perspectiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-55619559701224913452018-01-16T16:19:48.023-05:002018-01-16T16:19:48.023-05:00When I lived up north, I didn't really like th...When I lived up north, I didn't really like the conversion from full service to self service. I just didn't like the change, and had to get used to it, because full service disappeared. I didn't think about how or whether the government was involved in the change, and I still don't know about it. I just hope the government wasn't involved. Today, I'd as soon pump my own gas. In passing, you mentioned public safety, and that government should be involved in it. So, maybe government should be involved in public health, too. Maybe, on both counts. But, if so, then I need to learn when issues of health and safety are public instead of private. I could probably figure it out myself, in my own way. But I think there should be a uniform public statement about it that everybody can understand, a statement that falls within the government's proper function.Mike Kevittnoreply@blogger.com