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Sun Jul-24-11 03:02 PM
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| 21. And they didn't prevent this. Another example of the "Commonwealth Fallacy".... |
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Edited on Sun Jul-24-11 03:10 PM by friendly_iconoclast
i.e. Encoding something into law is more important than actually achieving said laws' stated goals.
The most obvious example is the Brady Campaign's state-by-state ratings system. States are rated not by their rates of
violent crime and murder, but by how tough their gun laws are. So California is 'better' than Vermont, according to the
BC worldview...
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