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Ah, but that plays into the US's very strange views on sex. It feels like an exception, rather than the general rule.
by diminoten 12y ago
Ah, but that plays into the US's very strange views on sex. It feels like an exception, rather than the general rule.
- raquo 12y agoUS has strange views on a lot of things, including the one in question – privacy.
- diminoten 12y agoI don't think the US's views on sex and the US's views on privacy are quite comparable, given the 500 year history that comes with our weird prudishness.
- raquo 12y agoYour point, as I understood it, was that jailing children for children pornography is an exception from normal routine because US has strange views on sex. My point is that US views on privacy ("nothing to hide") are also strange (relative to my viewpoint), so that will also be an "exception", and you shouldn't be surprised when these strange views will be applied in the courtroom.
- diminoten 12y agoI don't think sex and privacy come anywhere near each other, in terms of deviation from the global norm. The US doesn't have any particularly deviant view on privacy from the rest of the world, unlike sex.
- sitkack 12y agoYes, but... the law is not rational. It will execute the code you give it.
- mortenjorck 12y agoIt is JIT-compiled though, and courts will throw compiler errors from time to time.
- seanflyon 12y agoBut those jury nullification errors are non-deterministic, so you can't rely on them.
- diminoten 12y agoA large part of the US judicial system relies on people to take laws and find rational and reasonable interpretations.
- gear54rus 12y agoExactly. This is precisely the point. It will interpret and execute whatever code is thrown at it. The problem is that the code is NOT DETERMINISTIC (or non-deterministic, whatever). It can be interpreted in a variety of different ways. This and the fact that 'compiled' code is sometimes altered by applying some money-based side effects gives us some pretty ridiculous results. Correct me if I'm wrong but there's no easy way to fix this problem.
- Roboprog 12y agoDon't think of it as corruption, think of it as aspect oriented programming! BEFORE: go to jail APPLY: expensive lawyer, public pressure