Re:Hungarian government briefly proposes to criminalize encr...
by fsloth on Friday April 08, 2016 @09:48AM
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The second interpretation is that the point is to create state power to imprison anyone they do not like while giving plausibly legal excuse for this.
The pattern typically goes like this:
1. Create an inane law that no-one obeys
2. Do not enforce the law
3. People forget the law, and behave as they've always done
4. Now, to jail anyone you don't like, just set a police to watch over them and observe any number of the every day tasks declared illegal
5. Congratulations, you now have a seemingly legal mechanism to jail anyone you don't like. Good job!
Lot's of legislation end up stupid because people are not perfect, but since silly all-encompassing laws have been used historically as a tool for oppression one should have as little as possible charity in the interpretation when a silly law is observed.
The pattern typically goes like this:
1. Create an inane law that no-one obeys
2. Do not enforce the law
3. People forget the law, and behave as they've always done
4. Now, to jail anyone you don't like, just set a police to watch over them and observe any number of the every day tasks declared illegal
5. Congratulations, you now have a seemingly legal mechanism to jail anyone you don't like. Good job!
Lot's of legislation end up stupid because people are not perfect, but since silly all-encompassing laws have been used historically as a tool for oppression one should have as little as possible charity in the interpretation when a silly law is observed.