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"So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!" - "Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?" "Yes, I'd cut down every
by lotsofmangos 12y ago
"So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!"
- "Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?"
"Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!"
- "Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!"
from 'A Man For All Seasons', by Robert Bolt
- notacoward 12y agoThat's a great quote, but I'm not sure it really applies here. Both sides are "the law" here. One side is the law (defined by ICANN and enforced by a US court) that allows domains to be taken away. The other is the fourth-amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure, which clearly forbids that very same thing. Both sides are the Devil, too. ICANN vs. domain squatters and speculators. Which is more loathsome? Which law to defend? Which malefactor?
- lotsofmangos 12y agoIt was more in response to "While this is obviously a perversion of justice, I'm not shedding many tears..."