On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:39:52 +0100, Ricky Clarkson
<[email protected]> wrote:
That's like saying it's ok to murder someone if you happen across an area
without any laws against murder (e.g., the Moon, Antarctica(?)).
Let's not confuse the personal and public profiles. Most people here would
hopefully say it's not ok to murder someone in such a case. This is
because in most people moral attitude killing is not good. But there's no
doubt that nobody would be able to prosecute the murderer and jail him. I
presume we're here talking about practical things, right? That is, have
the murdered jailed and corporates paying the taxes we think they should
pay.
It's also to be said that things aren't so black/white as in your example.
In many countries, for instance, people can be legally killed because they
have been sentenced to death, or because they are homosexual, or because
they have had sexual intercourses outside the marriage, or even just
because they expressed some personal belief which is not approved by the
authorities. While we can express our strong disagree (moral point of
view), as soon as there are laws in those countries that allow to kill
them, they will be still killed. I'm not interested in talks, rather in
concrete actions.
In all these cases, no law, no solution. Moral points of view of people
are useful as they translate in a political view and elect governments
that apply them.
So, back to the origial topic, I'm with Uberto, the "bug" is with
governments that are not able to design the proper laws. As soon there's a
loophole, a skilled lawyer will find it and elaborate a strategy to
exploit it. No big talk will prevent him from doing that.
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"We make Java work. Everywhere."
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