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by _red 2949 days ago
>If laws can't be easily written and understood, that's a problem with the legal system (and the media explaining said laws and initiatives).

Do you write code by chance? Ever introduce a bug or unintended consequence? I bet 10-1 it was logic problem, not a compiler problem.

The hard part of writing laws is in exactly and completely defining your terms. It has nothing to do with the legal system, and more to do with the nature of language itself.

Gödel's 'incompleteness theorems' comes to mind.