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Consistency is the hobgoblin. If the law were truly consistent, surgeons would go to jail for cutting people with knives. As soon as you recognize that contex
by brookst 1y ago
Consistency is the hobgoblin.
If the law were truly consistent, surgeons would go to jail for cutting people with knives.
As soon as you recognize that context should matter in law, consistency is no longer possible.
I’m not defending big companies pirating books or saying YouTubers should go to jail, I’m just saying there are material differences in context that make it juvenile to demand perfect consistency.