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Re:Why it's impossible to agree on what's allowed by kryogen1c on Saturday February 10, 2024 @10:45AM (#39326968)
> That's because these things are not defined for us and are open to interpretation.

This is actually a deep philosophical and practical issue called the frame problem. It is not tractable to define all the axioms and presuppositions for any given set of rules. That's why the American system has a legislature and separate interpretive body in the judiciary.

Re:Why it's impossible to agree on what's allowed by card_zero on Saturday February 10, 2024 @10:58AM (#39327123)
It's often useful to invoke the fictional "reasonable person".
Re:Why it's impossible to agree on what's allowed by pixl97 on Saturday February 10, 2024 @11:43AM (#39327639)
And yet this falls strongly on cultural norms and leads to a great number of issues where cultures mix.