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Several Questions: Is "no loopholes" a good rule?
Foxscotch:
on internet forums and stuff, yea absolutely
but in a government's legal system no
Verification:
loopholes as a concept are semi beneficial in isolated internet situations but not anywhere else
Shift Kitty:
--- Quote from: Ipquarx on October 09, 2017, 12:57:47 PM ---"no loopholes" is essentially saying "interpret this the way I intended it to be interpreted." The problem is, if there are genuine ambiguities that aren't obviously exploitable, you still have no way of knowing what the intention is. It just leads to laziness and wouldn't ever work in a legal system.
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Now that you mention it, it actually seems dangerous. Things that are intended to be legal could end up being considered a 'loophole' because of 'misinterpretation'.
SteveJenkins:
if you have to have a rule stating "no loopholes" your original rule set isn't good enough
Nonnel:
It's a lot easier to just be more specific with your original rules.