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This attitude is a real problem for society: leaving outdated laws on the books just because they are not the most pressing issue encourages bureaucracy, a bloa
by mdifrgechd 6y ago
This attitude is a real problem for society: leaving outdated laws on the books just because they are not the most pressing issue encourages bureaucracy, a bloated enforcement system, and worst of all selective enforcement that can mean its easier to find a way to punish groups society generally doesn't dislike. I think there should be a regular purge of old laws as we should be deliberately retaining the ones we still feel are relevant. Just because this sort of thing doesnt rise to the level of the crisis de jour is not a reason to ignore it.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoSorry, I was responding to the parent saying: > I think _everything wrong with America would gradually settle down_ if we could just collectively disillusion ourselves from the notion that human female nipples are an indecent horrid thing. Emphasis added—I should have re-quoted in my post, as I think it got lost. It's not that our obscenity standards are good or that we should ignore that problem—but it's not going to magically solve everything else too!