[PLUG] taking Legislation/laws discussion offlist

[Wayne Dawson <jongalt@pinn.net>]

At 04:54 AM 9/14/03 -0400, you wrote:
> Wayne Dawson:
> > Legislation doesn't allow things.  It attempts to either (a) prohibit or 
> > (b) mandate.
>
> A nice simplistic answer which ignores the effects of tax laws, the effect 
> of regulations in limiting what outsiders can do to affect the regulated 
> entity (consider electricity, and natural gas companies for example) and 
> what happens in the real world. Linux and the *BSDs could not exist 
> without laws, but neither could Microsoft.  Without traffic laws, you 
> don't get working roads either.  Sadly, the pretense that laws only 
> prohibit or mandate is just that a pretense that ignores what laws actually do.

I'm taking this offlist, in case anyone is interested.

Wayne

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