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Well, the whole thing is less about general categories of law and more about specific examples - and one of those specific examples is the Aaron Swartz case, wi
by sjm-lbm 2y ago
Well, the whole thing is less about general categories of law and more about specific examples - and one of those specific examples is the Aaron Swartz case, with a link to The Atlantic article about that and everything.
I would say that he, at least, covers it.
- bediger4000 2y agoI'm probably a little older than the average HN commenter. I've heard these "ha ha here's a dumb law about sounding a car's horn around horses" my entire life. Specific examples of bizarre, or outdated laws serve no one, and do not reveal an underlying problem other than some legislature hasn't gotten around to dumping outdated, or bizarre laws.
- sjm-lbm 2y agoYeah, agreed. Obviously I have no doubt that the rule book is currently bigger than it has been in the past, but I also know that the Cuyahoga River used to catch on fire and the ozone layer was disappearing. There's a good case to be made for rationalizing the number of laws, but merely focusing on the sheer size of the federal code and pulling out a few silly examples doesn't even come close to having a serious discussion on the topic.