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by alkonaut 953 days ago
Intent is important if you are attacking the character of the legislator. If we are criticizing the legislation itself then it's the effect of it we should be focusing on.

As in "what's the worst outcome that can come from this piece of legislation, assuming malicious intent from the person wielding this law in the future". If the answer to that is "uh, not good" then the legislation is bad.