[tinotopia]

It used to seem to me that there was a strong libertarian tendency among computer people, at least relative to the rest of society.

I always attributed this to the fact that anyone who has ever tried to tell a computer what to do has a different kind of understanding of how hard it is to precisely define intentions, even when the compiler doesn't have a personal financial or other incentive to deliberately misconstrue your code so as to create a bug.

It doesn't matter how beneficial is the intention of your law, it'll really only work if it's generally aligned with the local cultural values -- in which case people will Do What You Mean.

Politicians either don't understand this, or pretend not to; you regularly see them passing laws to outlaw things that are already illegal.

[erichocean]

> [laws] only work if…generally aligned with the local cultural values

The business in question is owned by a Norwegian. Perhaps American businesses should only be owned and operated by…Americans?