B3TA fixes the worldMoon Monkey says: Turn into Jeremy Clarkson for a moment, and tell us about the things that are so obviously wrong with the world, and how they should be fixed. Extra points for ludicrous over-simplification, blatant mis-representation, and humourous knob-gags.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 12:53)
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butbutbut...We make new laws to deal with new stuff that doesn't have laws around it. The old laws deal with older stuff. Are you suggesting that if I wanted a law enshrining fair use of online material, I'd have to chuck out workplace safety and fraud being a crime? Because that, good fellow, is bollocks.
(, Wed 28 Sep 2011, 13:53, 1 reply)
The idea is a kind of evolutionary progressSo we end up with a small number of really well composed, essential laws, rather than a huge morass of complex tinkering laws.
Another benefit is that less and less laws means less and less lawyers needed to interpret them!
(, Wed 28 Sep 2011, 14:41, closed)
So rather than a clear law dealing with, say, not letting workplaces use dangerous chemicals without appropriate safeguards, you'd want to mash it up with loads of other laws to make one big complicated one that only lawyers have a hope of understanding.
To see an example of the latter, have a look at the actual wording of the USA PATRIOT Act.
(, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 10:34, closed)
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