"Gig Giacona" wrote in message
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"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
Suppose the government were to ban government-certified high-school
teachers from privately teaching dangerous subjects such as chemistry
or driver ed to students who are pursuing a government certification
(such as a high-school GED or a driver's license), unless the
government approves those students first.


THe case here is that the GOVERNMENT is controlling someone from using a
GOVERNMENT issued certificate to teach someone something that will lead
to a GOVERNMENT issued certificate.
Gig

Yes, and that is the case in my analogy as well. A driver's license and a
GED are government-issued certificates.

--Gary


Did the government issue the certificate to teach you to drive or teach
for the GED? If they did they can take it away.

Wait, perhaps I misunderstood you earlier. Is it the case that you're
agreeing that I'm describing analogous restrictions; but you're saying
that those restrictions wouldn't frighten you either?

And no, the fact that the government issues a certificate to you does not
necessarily give them the right to take it away, or even the power to do so
(although that power is certainly growing). It depends on whether they can
establish a good reason for doing so.

And we're not even talking about merely taking away a certficate. The TSA
has the power to impose a fine of $10,000 per violation if a CFI imparts
knowledge without the government's permission. Thus, CFIs who insist on
ignoring the regulation could be subject to having their homes and life
savings confiscated as retaliation. Imagine if that were to happen to
chemistry teachers who engage in unauthorized spreading of knowledge to GED
students.

--Gary