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Re:Signal's president vows to reject UK law on message scann... by ciabattabread on Saturday July 15, 2023 @02:42PM (#36739734)
> I think all laws should have an expiration date, and have to be debated, and possibly reworded again and again over the generations.

Until “thou shalt not kill” gets held hostage by a senator who wants a subsidy for a coal mine.

Exempt those kinds of laws - murder, theft, false witness? Congrats, you have a de-facto theocracy.

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Re:Signal's president vows to reject UK law on message scann... by I_am_uncreative on Saturday July 15, 2023 @07:37PM (#36741930)
Isn't that kind of the point of the Common Law though? Murder is often not defined in statute and simply has a Common Law definition.
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