[wolfgke]

> A bunch of non-lawyers taking a tiny chunk of law in isolation and speculating about whether something "seems illegal" based on it is really, really useless.

To me, this is rather a sign that the law is far too complicated and should be radically simplified.

[MoronInAHurry]

All laws start out as simple concepts. Then they need to be applied to reality, where very few situations are simple.

[qroshan]

Just like programming.

An operating system provide a few set of basic services to applications, but the linux kernel is some gazillion lines of code, because it has to work with reality

[wolfgke]

> but the linux kernel is some gazillion lines of code, because it has to work with reality

Rather: Because the kernel developers care far too little about keeping it small and minimal.

[tzs]

Humans and human societies are the most complex systems we know of, and are full of people who will exploit any edge cases or loopholes.

I think that this greatly limits how much simplification you can have in a legal system and still have it be effective.

[fragmede]

There is always a well-known solution to fix every human problems — neat, plausible, and wrong.

[jacobush]

Common Law is rarely simplified.