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i read the argument as regulating types of behaviour and outcomes, rather than individual things. much current regulation seems to be frustrating because they
by rickycook 8y ago
i read the argument as regulating types of behaviour and outcomes, rather than individual things.
much current regulation seems to be frustrating because they failed to do more root cause analysis: why don’t you want things on the sidewalk? regulate so that these things are met, then people can do what they like.
- close04 8y agoThat's exactly how it works. But regulation is there for years or decades. Sometimes "types" might be something too generic to be valid for so long. You will invariably end up with things that shouldn't be allowed but (arguably) are. That can be really bad. Or things that should be allowed but aren't. That shouldn't be that bad since you can get an exception. In this case the regulation probably says: You are not allowed to put any type of thing on a sidewalk that doesn't belong to you unless explicitly permitted by the owner. The only reason we're discussing it is because the title is clickbait. Might as well have been: Person breaking rules is stopped.