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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 24 2012 @ 04:28 AM EDT |
| When the incentives are the way they are, this is what we get. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 24 2012 @ 07:02 AM EDT |
In fact, the 'law' has an interesting spin on this.
I am sure you have
heard of the mantra that "ignorance of the law is no excuse". In other words, no
matter how complex or convoluted the law gets, it is your resposibility
to understand it.
Imagine if this attitude was translated to electrical
appliances. We wouldn't need to insulate dangerous components. If you
electrocute yourself, well, your ignorance is no excuse. You should have
known that bit was live, so if you touched it it, that's your fault.
And it's
not just complexity. How many times have we seen a legal requirement that is
totally idiotic and devoid of common sense? A good example is requiring software
developers checking hundreds of thousands of patents before they write each line
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 24 2012 @ 12:34 PM EDT |
Law and justice, which should be simple because of its
fundamentals, ... is
complex, because its practioners ... make it complicated
to use: because this
is how they win.
Want to explain that
claim, using the example of why gossip is a
violation of the
commandment Thy shalt not kill.
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