"So we better be careful of how we make our laws. A law with good intentions and made with great moral conviction may end up doing the opposite." I absolutely

"So we better be careful of how we make our laws. A law with good intentions and made with great moral conviction may end up doing the opposite." I absolutely agree, and offered the explanation as one I've often heard, but it isn't one I can get my heart into. But even if it's true in general principal, the idea of trying to do good by roundabout methods is indeed tricky, and if you cannot accurately measure the results you're doing witchcraft not statecraft.