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> A bunch of non-lawyers taking a tiny chunk of law in isolation and speculating about whether something "seems illegal" based on it is really, really useless.
by wolfgke 7y ago
> A bunch of non-lawyers taking a tiny chunk of law in isolation and speculating about whether something "seems illegal" based on it is really, really useless.
To me, this is rather a sign that the law is far too complicated and should be radically simplified.
- jacobush 7y agoCommon Law is rarely simplified.
- MoronInAHurry 7y agoAll laws start out as simple concepts. Then they need to be applied to reality, where very few situations are simple.
- qroshan 7y agoJust like programming. An operating system provide a few set of basic services to applications, but the linux kernel is some gazillion lines of code, because it has to work with reality
- wolfgke 7y ago> but the linux kernel is some gazillion lines of code, because it has to work with reality Rather: Because the kernel developers care far too little about keeping it small and minimal.
- tzs 7y agoHumans and human societies are the most complex systems we know of, and are full of people who will exploit any edge cases or loopholes. I think that this greatly limits how much simplification you can have in a legal system and still have it be effective.
- fragmede 7y agoThere is always a well-known solution to fix every human problems — neat, plausible, and wrong.