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by bennysomething 1582 days ago
If you declare loop holes some how illegal you introduce arbitrary judgement.
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For what it's worth, etymology of the word "arbitrary":

late Middle English (in the sense ‘dependent on one's will or pleasure, discretionary’): from Latin arbitrarius, from arbiter ‘judge, supreme ruler’, perhaps influenced by French arbitraire .

Literally comes from the Latin word for a judge!

All judgement is arbitrary
Often they are exploring bugs in the legal system which unsurprisingly give arbitrary output when litigated.