Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis
by SilasX on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @07:43PM
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I think I (and those who agreed with me) failed to convey the subtext of our objection, which is:
We don't care about illegality per se. We care about "not making the bad thing happen". If illegality accomplishes that, great! But if it doesn't, then it is non-responsive to our concerns to remind us that it does. It's like if you're going to friends talking about problems you encounter, and all they ever tell you is, "Well that's not supposed to happen".
The process of enforcing the illegality puts a lot of burden on the customer, and your response recognizes that it requires people going far out of their way.
In practice, a system that requires most individuals to make heroic sacrifices is the same as a system that just doesn't work.
We don't care about illegality per se. We care about "not making the bad thing happen". If illegality accomplishes that, great! But if it doesn't, then it is non-responsive to our concerns to remind us that it does. It's like if you're going to friends talking about problems you encounter, and all they ever tell you is, "Well that's not supposed to happen".
The process of enforcing the illegality puts a lot of burden on the customer, and your response recognizes that it requires people going far out of their way.
In practice, a system that requires most individuals to make heroic sacrifices is the same as a system that just doesn't work.