Craig on 15 Jul 2003 20:50:00 -0000 |
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RE: RE: [Spoon-business] RE: RE: [spoon-discuss] Proto-prop: Aes Sedai |
>>>>Since the difference between laws and rules is solely in who makes them >>and >>>>what the penalties are for breaking them, I think we can get away with >>this >>>>solution: >>>> >>>>I propose: >>>>{{ >>>>For the purposes of B Nomic, those rules collectively known as the United >>>>States Code are repealed. >>>>}} >>>> >>>-Code of what? And can we kill the Patriot Act while we're at it?- >> >>The US Code is a single document of incredible length that contains all of >>our law (except for the constitution and the equally-important >>precedent-setting court cases). Various pieces of legislation amend it. It >>is, in essence, the ruleset of the United States. By repealing the US Code, >>we lose *all* of American law, including both copyrights and the Patriot >>Act. >*ahem* >as a resident of the United Kingdoms of England, Wales, Scotland and Ulster, I would like to point out that copyright infringement is >legally considered to have >taken place in the country where the material is perused, not the location of origin or publication. I believe that to be the case in America also. As a resident of the United Kingdoms of England, Wales, Scotland and Ulster, will you be providing a proposal to ignore the laws of your country also? -- Teucer "I would be enlightened, but it's cloudy today." -clsn _______________________________________________ spoon-discuss mailing list spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss