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Yeah but how is this going to be enforced? Are you going to spell out in the law exactly what people aren't allowed to research? You've just implemented a hol
by Teever 5y ago
Yeah but how is this going to be enforced?
Are you going to spell out in the law exactly what people aren't allowed to research? You've just implemented a holding pattern while giving them a road map on what to research. So your holding pattern is going to be set up to buy you x number of years, where you assume it will take your adversary x number of years to fill in the gaps on the map you just gave them.
Is that enough?
- randcraw 5y agoNo, from what I've observed, such laws most directly constrain those who fund research as well as those who solicit/promote it. Often they accompany other criminal charges rather than motivate prosecution as a primary charge. Security and espionage laws are often not directly enforceable. Their value is to "pile on", adding severity to related matters, such as charges committing or aiding past terrorist acts or planning therefor. Ideally the threat of direct prosecution for a crime would deter possible perpetrators, but making penalties more severe and extending incarceration are useful roles for laws too.