Richard Prosser wrote:

> I still think that _in the long run_ such laws are going to fail as
> they are going to prove -
> a) unpopular and generally ignored by most of the population capable
> of ignoring them and
> b) unenforceable, except for extreme examples.

Making unenforceable laws is a really bad thing. A law that isn't
enforceable doesn't make any sense -- and worse, it undermines the general
respect for the law (which is supposed to be the set of rules that we came
up with for living together). 

> c) inequitable, in the few other cases that may be enforced.

Isn't there some general rule that the penalty must correlate somehow to
the damage done that may override individual laws? At least in certain
countries?

Gerhard

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