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This seems like a decent idea until someone in power decides that you are hateful, angry, or irrational.


You could use the same reasoning like

> Making bad things illegal seems like a decent idea until they make something you like doing illegal

Therefore just have no laws, I guess?

Sometimes an imperfect, abusable system is better than no system. In fact, I'd wager that's usually the case.


I think it already has been abused, the law has nothing to do with it.

Just don't venture to places where that is not the case and we can agree. We have different requirements for interesting platforms and should keep it separated for the most part.


> Therefore just have no laws, I guess?

No. But have a system where some single powerful person can't just make up laws on a whim.


Well, they generally can't: laws are written and passed by a legislature.

You could make this sort of argument for executive orders, though.




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