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0 pointstomjen311y ago0 comments

You mean it is written on a piece of paper and enforced by armed men?

That is not very much justification.

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radisb11y ago· 2 in thread

No. I mean it is written on a piece of paper and enforced by sometimes armed men to whom you implicitly grant authority to do, whenever you use the law to protect your own rights. That is the trade off in democracy: We have to obey laws we dont like or agree with, in order to be able to enjoy the benefits of those we do agree with

Karunamon11y ago

We have to obey laws we dont like or agree with, in order to be able to enjoy the benefits of those we do agree with

There is no such tradeoff - there is only the existence of the law and its enforcement. An unenforced or almost never enforced law need not exist and is treated as same.

I don't have to pretend to respect the copyright lobby to gain the benefits of not being murdered in my sleep.

radisb11y ago

I am sure the people who would murder you in your sleep can easily come up with a similar argument. For them, murdering someone is not as morally heavy as it is for you.

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