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It's not a question of precision; nobody cares whether it's 10M commenters, or 10 million and one. It's that without a clear, agreed rule, then everyone can dra
by denton-scratch 4y ago
It's not a question of precision; nobody cares whether it's 10M commenters, or 10 million and one. It's that without a clear, agreed rule, then everyone can draw the line wherever they like. If it's drawn by legislators or judges, there'll always be lots of people who think it should be drawn elsewhere. No rule based on counting grains of sand is ever going to gain consensus.
- josephcsible 4y agoHow much more dangerous is it for someone who's 15 years and 364 days old to drive than it is for someone who's exactly 16 years old? Or for someone who's 20 years and 364 days old to drink than it is for someone who's exactly 21 years old? Why would an arbitrary line for this be any more contentious than those arbitrary lines? We don't say "since there's not an obvious line for when you're mature enough to drive, either everybody can or nobody can."