Re:France to introduce controversial age verification system...
by ByteJockey on Saturday July 11, 2020 @02:57PM
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> The 'argument' seems to be that there is not point enforcing the law because it is not feasible to enforce it absolutely.
My argument was more that it is stupid and undermines the credibility of the government to pass laws that it cannot enforce. It's that they were passed in the first place that bothers me personally. I'm not holding anything against someone whose job it it to enforce the law having to enforce a stupid law.
We already saw this with the pirate bay, you can't block information. In fact, the harder you try, the funnier it is for people to find ways around it.
The 'argument' seems to be that there is not point enforcing the law because it is not feasible to enforce it absolutely.
This logic is obviously fallacious as is reducing enforcement to absolute enforcement.
I also find it disappointing that I was flagged for pointing this out. Strawman arguments are very common. Sometimes they are not used consciously but it is useful to call a cat a cat.