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Re:The Thrill of Losing Money by Investing in a Manhattan Re... by rayiner on Saturday September 17, 2016 @09:54PM (#12523547)
Yeah, it's so complex: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycbe/downloads/pdf/nycchecklist_res....

OP's examples were not obscure subsection g part 4 item iii-type stuff. They are basic things you'd think about if you were considering the impact of your business on the public.

Re:The Thrill of Losing Money by Investing in a Manhattan Re... by javajosh on Sunday September 18, 2016 @12:53PM (#12525998)
That's a strawman attack. You imply that the entirety of applicable law was contained in that URL, which is false. The actual corpus of law a citizen and business owner must be aware of is the entirety of the law from Federal, State, County, and City, plus all private contracts to which I am bound, covering every activity you do. You're a lawyer sarcastically chastising me with a link to the specific law, and that is poorly done. The very existence of "lawyer" as a profession implies that the law is too complex for individuals to understand.

The computer science version of this would be some poor guy confused about TCP/IP and I could link to the precise part of the RFC that answered his question, with a sarcastic, "Right, that's so complex". I'd be an asshole if I did that.