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False analogy. The guy doing 60mph does not compete with the one doing 55, and even if he was the reward is simply reaching his destination a few minutes earlie

• jacquesm 15y ago
  So you confirm my suspicion that this is all about competition and not about equality before the law. The analogy is predicated on both parties wanting to break the law, one does, the other doesn't. It is then up to the authorities to establish that the law was indeed broken and to decide to prosecute. Filing a complaint about a competitor breaking a law that you yourself say you do not agree with looks pretty sleazy to me. Everybody can deal with this in their own way, some will break the law some will abide by it. In the end it is up to the authorities to decide who to go after. Some of those may decide to sue the state and try to get the law rescinded or changed. No need for tactics like these. If this was a principled matter than the amount of money should not matter. The fact that there is a lot of money at stake is why this was done, not because of some other concern. Basically the government and a law perceived as unjust by all parties involved are used to attack a competitor. The whole reason this law exists in the first place is because large companies have managed to lobby to get this law on the books, what better end result for them than that would be competitors use it to destroy each other?