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The semantics, in this case, is when someone is trying to ask "why have lawmakers not done X yet?"
And then the response to this question is "its not the law!"
The original question was quite clearly asking for a justification or reason as for why lawmakers have not done something.
And then the semantic response, that ignored the very obvious question, was to say "this is what the law is!".
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The semantics, in this case, is when someone is trying to ask "why have lawmakers not done X yet?"
And then the response to this question is "its not the law!"
The original question was quite clearly asking for a justification or reason as for why lawmakers have not done something.
And then the semantic response, that ignored the very obvious question, was to say "this is what the law is!".