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by erikerikson 209 days ago
Bad law enforced perfectly is also undesirable.
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croon 208 days ago
I'm not convinced. Perfect enforcement would be a great signal exposing bad law much more clearly, so it can be rewritten/scrapped.
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klez 208 days ago
Sure, but what about those who got hit by that bad law in the meantime?
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amanaplanacanal 208 days ago
Usually laws are created because of the people being harmed because the law doesn't exist. So it could go either way.
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nandomrumber 208 days ago
Until a bad law takes your friends and family out of the gene pool.
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