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It's more of a legal disclaimer situation
Think of it as putting a warning label on a product--use it wrong and bad things will happen.

I agree with you that it's not going to be very effective, but the question is, how far does a company have to go to prevent abuse of their product?

Guns kill lots of people every year. Do gun manufacturers have to change their products to prevent them from shooting anything other than targets and animals? CD burners can be used for illegally bootlegging music cds. Do we now have to massively alter their design to shut down the criminals? Telephones can be used for fraud....

Where do you draw the line? Where does personal responsibility of the individual breaking the law come into the equation?
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if laws like this are put in place we will have warnings all over the place  JasonL31 | 12/08/04
Treating consumers as adults  tic swayback | 12/08/04
How many warnings are needed?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Just one  tic swayback | 12/08/04
Whoa  rapson | 12/08/04
Personal responsibility???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Truth, it's a meaningless smoke screen.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
It's more of a legal disclaimer situation  tic swayback | 12/08/04
All good questions, maybe a few answers.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Severity of mis-use  tic swayback | 12/08/04
Let's take your point further.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Your furthering my argument  tic swayback | 12/08/04
You simply don't know that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Proving a negative  tic swayback | 12/08/04
Now you are trying to base right and wrong on dollars?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
It's not about money, it's about severity of the crime  tic swayback | 12/08/04
Money in liew of facts...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
One more point tic...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Who pays?  tic swayback | 12/08/04
You have an odd definition of hypocrisy  tic swayback | 12/08/04
Are you for real?!  Jeff Spicoli | 12/08/04
Man I was hoping someone would step in to it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Gun locks not a good comparison  tic swayback | 12/08/04
You missed the point...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
You're not making the point  tic swayback | 12/08/04
Once more...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Again, what good does that do?  tic swayback | 12/08/04
Let me turn it around...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
The truth is already out there  tic swayback | 12/08/04
Strawman argument.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Heh heh, you said "pubics"  tic swayback | 12/08/04
YOU missed the point!  Jeff Spicoli | 12/08/04
Hmmm, I belivbe the courts are trying to decide this very matter.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Poppycock  ParadigmOdyssey | 12/08/04

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