[bediger]

"what would have happened if Childs had been hit by a bus?"

I call for the EFF, the ACLU and the FSF to create a "Programmer's Hit By A Bus" fund. We would all contribute, according to the degree of bus-danger we put ourselves in to. For instance, I actually ride Denver RTD buses, so I would contribute the maximum amount. Some programmer living in a municipality without buses would pay only a nominal amount.

We could build up a large fund to take care of the estates, widows and orphans left behind by the heinous plague of Programmers getting Hit By A Bus.