Yup, agreed. IANAL, but my impression of the US legal system vs various (continental) Europe legal systems is the former is completely engrossed with the lette

Yup, agreed. IANAL, but my impression of the US legal system vs various (continental) Europe legal systems is the former is completely engrossed with the letter of the law while the latter is much more focused on the spirit of the law. If FB gets shafted in the processs of discovering this fact of life, all the better.