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by thfuran 2792 days ago
Eliminating the shit laws is a much better solution than ignoring them or working around them with lies.
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It seems to me that the concept is basically analogous to the idea people have that we should eliminate the human element from contract enforcement. Or suppose we tried to eliminate all tolerances and slippage in engineering. It's utopian/dystopian and even seriously attempting it would be disastrous, in my opinion. I don't see why people need to touch the hot stove to understand that.
I don't think that's reasonable. Speed limits aren't shit, but it's good to have officer discretion on it.
so... add a clause for officer discretion, like is already implied to exist? having it as an invisible clause doesn't make it any more or less game-able.