Reductio ad absurdum is a perfectly valid rhetorical device, it is even used in mathematical proofs. What I want to say is that regulating what kind of computa

Reductio ad absurdum is a perfectly valid rhetorical device, it is even used in mathematical proofs. What I want to say is that regulating what kind of computations I can run on my machine is pretty bad. It would make more sense to regulate maximum power consumption of computers like it is done with lightbulbs