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Re:Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abo... by valeron102 on Saturday September 04, 2021 @05:37PM (#28419506)
Texas? Texas, USA? the land of the free... Are we going back on hunting witches?
Re:Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abo... by version_five on Saturday September 04, 2021 @06:16PM (#28419866)
As much as many people here won't like it, the lesson here is that there need to be strict limits on what kind of laws government is allowed to impose, period. You can't have some system where the government gets to have broad powers on things you agree with, but somehow isn't allowed to make laws about things you don't like. The only solution is being very narrow about what government can tell you to do. Personally, this law appears so ridiculous that I think existing checks and balances will have no problem rendering it irrelevant, but it should still be a warning about what government thinks it can impose on people.
Re:Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abo... by flailingroof on Saturday September 04, 2021 @06:26PM (#28419933)
That's usually what constitutions are for.
Re:Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abo... by labster on Saturday September 04, 2021 @06:10PM (#28419812)
They never hunted witches in Texas. Brujas maybe, but they definitely hunted Indians.
Re:Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abo... by m-ee on Saturday September 04, 2021 @06:13PM (#28419842)
Mexicans/Mexican Americans as well. The history of the Texas rangers is pretty sordid.