On Monday 19 September 2005 10:48, Derek Broughton was heard to say: > And that's precisely why governments do (and should) > "interfere" in freedom of contract.
Not at all. I should have read it. The fault is entirely mine. > It's one thing to have a > freely entered contract, it's something completely different > when the contract is supposedly in force as soon as you open > the box - even though you have had no chance to read said > contract. I didn't say I didn't have the chance. I said I hadn't read it prior to purchasing the machine. It was there, fully visible right along with the rest of the exclusions, like dropping, crushing, immersion. It does, however, ensure that I will never buy Sony hardware without reading the warrantee explicitly again. That is the power of the "free" market, which does indeed require me to take care of my self since BigMommyGovernment won't. Not that she ever does take care of anyone but herself anyway. If she did, there wouldn't be any Consumer Reports, Underwriters Labs, or private security agencies of any kind. I can suggest the articles on http://www.mises.org/ for information on quite a wide range of topics. Also, Emperor Linux and LinuxCertified both sell laptops comparable to this rather remarkable machine with Linux preinstalled, so there won't be any need to buy a "WinXP" only machine in the future. That is something I'm very happy about, and I wish I had known about them prior to this purchase. If you would like to continue the discussion, shall we go off-list? > derek Curt- -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
