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So... since the lawmakers who are all always 100% ethical and moral people that would never do anything except protecting the common good, it's certainly safe t

by fargle 7y ago

So... since the lawmakers who are all always 100% ethical and moral people that would never do anything except protecting the common good, it's certainly safe to assume that the laws that result are equally moral and have no other negative effects. And those who think otherwise are not really innovators, but rather more or less traitors who wish to destroy the public good? Like that pesky Grace Hopper. And Uber (and every other startup in the last 10 years). Got it! Thx.

jl2718 7y ago
I understand why you got this from my comment, and I tried to address it with the last sentence. I do not think that all laws are just or all lawmakers are ethical. I do not think that breaking laws is inherently unethical, but I do think that breaking laws as a source of competitive advantage, either by willingness, brazenness, or being first to do so, is ethically questionable. This is just as making laws as a source of competitive advantage is also ethically questionable. Thank you for the challenge to clarify my thoughts.
- fargle 7y ago
  Well, breaking or bending laws for any reason isn't "ethically questionable", it is clearly unethical. What it isn't is necessarily wrong, nor is it necessarily immoral, nor bad for society. Especially when we live in a world that is over-regulated and ungovernable and is led by record-settingly amoral and unethical "leaders". And this is true at local, state, federal government levels. But is also true of many large corporations which control more and more of our daily life. Asking permission is not an effective strategy in these cases. Do what is right. And be brazzen. Show people how to take back their freedom. Screw the DCMA and hack your roomba, etc.! Sadly to assume that morality and legality or ethics are tightly linked is becoming less and less often true. If the system wasn't broken they would be.

by fargle 7y ago

jl2718 7y ago

I understand why you got this from my comment, and I tried to address it with the last sentence. I do not think that all laws are just or all lawmakers are ethical. I do not think that breaking laws is inherently unethical, but I do think that breaking laws as a source of competitive advantage, either by willingness, brazenness, or being first to do so, is ethically questionable. This is just as making laws as a source of competitive advantage is also ethically questionable. Thank you for the challenge to clarify my thoughts.

fargle 7y ago
Well, breaking or bending laws for any reason isn't "ethically questionable", it is clearly unethical. What it isn't is necessarily wrong, nor is it necessarily immoral, nor bad for society. Especially when we live in a world that is over-regulated and ungovernable and is led by record-settingly amoral and unethical "leaders". And this is true at local, state, federal government levels. But is also true of many large corporations which control more and more of our daily life. Asking permission is not an effective strategy in these cases. Do what is right. And be brazzen. Show people how to take back their freedom. Screw the DCMA and hack your roomba, etc.! Sadly to assume that morality and legality or ethics are tightly linked is becoming less and less often true. If the system wasn't broken they would be.