[The issue of state immunity to year 2000 errors is generating a swell of controversy.] What incentive will [states] have to make sure systems are compliant? ... And how can a person be protected if someone has acted irresponsibly?

[However, he sees both sides of the issue. In defense of the states,] if you accept the concept of sovereign immunity as a valid doctrine, it's a reasonable exercise ... States aren't like a business; they don't sell software.

For still, the more he works, the moreDo his weak ankles swell.

Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.

Ah, poor our sex! this fault in us I find, The error of our eye directs our mind. What error leads must error.

So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts, Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters, Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause, And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fall'n on th' inventors' heads.