Comments on: Drawing a line in the batter’s box? http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3557 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mark Bahner http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3557&cpage=1#comment-1491 Mark Bahner Tue, 09 Aug 2005 22:37:27 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3557#comment-1491 Hi Roger, You wrote: "Mark- Thanks for your comment. Though I suspect your argument is going to be a difficult one to make, see, e.g.:..." Actually, my argument isn't difficult to make at all. Basically, I was saying that the federal government SHOULD NOT violate the Constitution. I didn't say they *would* not. :-( Hi Roger,

You wrote: “Mark- Thanks for your comment. Though I suspect your argument is going to be a difficult one to make, see, e.g.:…”

Actually, my argument isn’t difficult to make at all. Basically, I was saying that the federal government SHOULD NOT violate the Constitution. I didn’t say they *would* not.
:-(

]]> By: Russ Schumacher http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3557&cpage=1#comment-1490 Russ Schumacher Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:40:52 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3557#comment-1490 A few months ago on slate, William Saletan argued that it should also be illegal for athletes to get LASIK surgery to enhance their vision (link below). An interesting idea, but it would be very difficult to enforce and would also raise the question of what qualifies as "corrective" and what is an "enhancement". http://www.slate.com/id/2116858 A few months ago on slate, William Saletan argued that it should also be illegal for athletes to get LASIK surgery to enhance their vision (link below). An interesting idea, but it would be very difficult to enforce and would also raise the question of what qualifies as “corrective” and what is an “enhancement”.

http://www.slate.com/id/2116858

]]> By: Roger Pielke, Jr. http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3557&cpage=1#comment-1489 Roger Pielke, Jr. Tue, 09 Aug 2005 17:12:41 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3557#comment-1489 Mark- Thanks for your comment. Though I suspect your argument is going to be a diffuclt one to make, see, e.g.: http://reform.house.gov/GovReform/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=28038 Mark- Thanks for your comment. Though I suspect your argument is going to be a diffuclt one to make, see, e.g.:

http://reform.house.gov/GovReform/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=28038

]]> By: Mark Bahner http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3557&cpage=1#comment-1488 Mark Bahner Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:26:22 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3557#comment-1488 Roger Pielke Jr writes, "Caplan is right, this is an issue that has to be dealt with somehow, but where in sports, if anywhere, do we draw a line between allowed human improvements and those that are disallowed? And who gets to decide?" That SHOULD be a rhetorical question. The various professional sports are ***private*** enterprises. Do you accept that anyone should be able to tell you that you can't take a sleeping pill in order to make more certain that you get a good night's sleep before a big conference? Do you accept that anyone should be able to tell you that you can't take a pill to keep you awake so you can finish an important report on time? The idea that the public has some sort of "right" to decide on the rules of **private** enterprises is wrong and offensive. If enough people want to watch only sports that are completely "untainted" by performance-enhancing substances, then those people should get together to fund such a league. Or simply NOT fund the leagues whose rules they don't like. Roger Pielke Jr writes, “Caplan is right, this is an issue that has to be dealt with somehow, but where in sports, if anywhere, do we draw a line between allowed human improvements and those that are disallowed? And who gets to decide?”

That SHOULD be a rhetorical question. The various professional sports are ***private*** enterprises.

Do you accept that anyone should be able to tell you that you can’t take a sleeping pill in order to make more certain that you get a good night’s sleep before a big conference? Do you accept that anyone should be able to tell you that you can’t take a pill to keep you awake so you can finish an important report on time?

The idea that the public has some sort of “right” to decide on the rules of **private** enterprises is wrong and offensive. If enough people want to watch only sports that are completely “untainted” by performance-enhancing substances, then those people should get together to fund such a league. Or simply NOT fund the leagues whose rules they don’t like.

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