Originally Posted by
bogbeagle
Whilst I'm in the mood for ranting, I'll address another criticism that I often see levelled.
People often write that "You have to belong to this organisation, because it protects you from legislators."
The story goes, "If some irresponsible modeller does a bad thing, then the legislators might punish all of us. So, we have to club together to protect ourselves from them."
Well, istm that the real problem is that you have legislators who seek to punish the people "who didn't do it".
What's worse is that they've got you all thinking like sheep ... you are accepting their authority to punish you for having done no harm. Where is the justice in that?
Two questions. First, exactly WHO are you going to look to for any help? Second, you don't happen to have another handle - say Natural Philosopher?
I really love how someone from GB insists on telling us how we should act in America with American organizations. Nothing snobbish or snooty there at all.