> But don't punish people / corps for failure to "guess". You don't punish people for failure to guess (you may warn them if necessary). You punish people for

> But don't punish people / corps for failure to "guess". You don't punish people for failure to guess (you may warn them if necessary). You punish people for flagrantly violating the law. Do you really think the creators of the railroad in this article didn't know that this wasn't what the law intended? It's infeasible to update laws in response to every violation - the process takes too long - so we need a lighter weight process that can keep up. You keep that process in check by updating laws where it oversteps the mark.