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Are there not cases where some event points out serious issues with the current laws or conditions, where prompt action is required? I'm much less concerned wi
by jamesbritt 16y ago
Are there not cases where some event points out serious issues with the current laws or conditions, where prompt action is required?
I'm much less concerned with laws passed in haste than I am with laws passed for eternity. All laws should have a sunset clause, something very cumbersome to override, so that two years or so down the line, if there's no longer a strong case for a law, it goes off the books.
Having to constantly work to keep existing laws on the books would make it harder to add new laws as well. (The downside is you know this would lead to lawyers trying to craft new laws that combined multiple existing laws, using impenetrable language, leading to the point where we have just one law: "Sorry, whatever it is you're doing is illegal.")
- gaius 16y agoWell, a recent example is the banning of meow-meow after someone allegedly died of it. The law was passed then a bit later the coroner reported that the drug was nothing to do with it. A lot of people criminalized for no reason, and instead of buying 99% pure drugs from the Internet, people instead bought 30% pure drugs cut with God knows what from a dodgy geezer in a club toilet in Brixton. Nice one Nu Labour.