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>Who defines "too much influence over the public,"? Everyone knows drawing arbitrary lines in the sand is physically impossible, and we have never done anythin
by mrguyorama 3y ago
>Who defines "too much influence over the public,"?
Everyone knows drawing arbitrary lines in the sand is physically impossible, and we have never done anything like it before, and famously, American law has zero grey area and zero ambiguity about anything because everything is perfectly defineable in human life.
Slippery slope is a fallacy because it just pretends that decisions aren't being made at every single point on the slope. Notice how some drugs are illegal and others are less illegal? But if you ban one drug that's a slippery slope to ban all drugs!!!!
People make decisions in grey areas all the fucking time. There are judges answering those exact questions right now. That's like, their job.
- scarface_74 3y agoAnd you’re okay with judges who are always political making decisions for you? How about we just not give government and unelected judges power over our lives?
- mrguyorama 3y agoWhat's your magical alternative to a human system? Is it anarchy? No thanks, full stop. Is it "just make the laws clear and concise and easy to understand"? I take it you've never built software around human things before, or you would understand that's an unsolveable problem, and would require humans in the loop making human decisions just the same.
- scarface_74 3y agoIt’s simple everyone should have the right to swing their fist up to the point where it hits someone else’s face.
- brayhite 3y agoYou have the right to swing your fist where no one else notices it happen. Beyond that, it’s up to debate.