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This is like being shaken down by the Mafia. You are not gonna do what we like? It's gonna cost ya. Next we are gonna break Marissa's legs.

• idlewords 12y ago
  That's how courts enforce court orders. You can get philosophical and say that the state is just like the mafia, man, except legal. But surely you understand the need for some mechanism to force compliance from people who just say "I don't want to do that" to a court ruling.
  • biafra 12y ago
    Yeah, but this is a secret court. Now way for the public to review it's decisions. No public accountability. That's IMHO what makes it Mafia like.
  • andy_ppp 12y ago
    I actually believe that people should be allowed to do what they like, with the underlying premise that everyone has a right to not be harmed by another's actions. The law seems to have lost it's way to the point where if you are rich you win, poor you loose. And if you are the government or a business and you can't win, you change the rules so that you can.
  • pkinsky 12y ago
    Note that this argument applies equally well to enforcing the edicts of England's Star Chamber.
    • idlewords 12y ago
      Yes. It has no moral content; it's the mechanism by which the state works.
  • cryoshon 12y ago
    It's a secret court, with secret penalties, none of which you're allowed to talk about if you're being attacked by it. Democracy does not coexist with expansive secret court systems...