[Noisebridge-discuss] Call the Mayor Day - Tuesday February 9th

Ian Atha thatha at thatha.org
Mon Feb 1 06:38:30 UTC 2010


> If there's another point to make, please make it more cogently.
And hopefully, less cogently than Sai's 637 word argument [0].

> "To preserve and protect
> live music and entertainment in California!" is not a real thing. Do
> you want to change the food service laws? Prevent cops from enforcing
> ABC regulations? Punish cops for doing illegal search and seizure?

Letter of the law != spirit of the law [1]. You're certainly aware of
"malicious compliance" [2].

Works Cited

[0] Personal research using wc, as per IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').
[1] ``The Elusive Spirit of the Law: Formalism and the Struggle for
Legal Control'' by Doreen McBarnet and Christopher Whelan. The Modern
Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 6, Law and Accountancy (Nov., 1991), pp.
848-873.
[2] ``A critical view of Bank Secrecy Act Enforcement and the money
laundering statutes'' by John K. Villa. 37 Cath. U.L. Rev. 489.



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