[ RadSafe ] NYC Council bill on detectors: Simple question

[dlawrencenewyork at aol.com]

 The intent of this bill is most likely to prevent the use of unauthorized detectors in the event of an emergency and give the police the authority to seize the unlicensed ones in such an instance. This is an ill-advised attempt to limit the psychological impact that anti-nuke pseudo scientists might inflict in such an instance - and will most likely backfire on them as do most such ham-fisted government attempts at information management. Also, I would never put it past NYC to attempt to make this or any licensing regime a self funding enterprise as that is "de rigueur" over at city hall.

Best Regards,
David Lawrence
Greenwich Environmental Services



 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan W McCarn <hotgreenchile at gmail.com>
To: 'Bjorn Cedervall' <bcradsafers at hotmail.com>; radsafe at radlab.nl
Sent: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:06 pm
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] NYC Council bill on detectors: Simple question










Bjorn:

Don't try to make sense of something when the concept is absurd.  I will
still have my radiation detection equipment and use it.  We have a concept
called judicial review in the USA that allows bad laws to be overturned by
the courts when application of that law abridges more fundamental freedoms.
We have "freedom of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." For a
scientist, this probably means "truth".

Until a case concerning this is actually tried in court and a decision is
passed whether the law or regulation can be applied, I personally think that
this NYC Council issue is highly questionable.

Dan ii

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-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf
Of Bjorn Cedervall
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 11:17 AM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: [ RadSafe ] NYC Council bill on detectors: Simple question


I apologize for asking something that many of you probably understand
- I hesitate to go through all the previous postings/responses to the
subject:
 
Can anyone summarize in 2-3 lines what the point would be to register
Geiger counters? (I don't understand it)
 
Wouldn't it be better if there were lots of them "out there" so that the
general
public learns more about natural background radiation?
 
My personal comment only,
 
Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers at hotmail.com
 
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