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InTheArena · 2022-06-30 13:05:47

It seems like they are trying to step back with this (and force the regulators to have law as well).

Given the horrifically vitriolic hate-filled partisan crap-fest we are in - it is much too late for that.

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billrobertson42 | karma 219 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2017-11-23 06:58:02

They seem hell bent on passing these new rules regardless of what anyone else says or does.

I'm afraid that it will have to come to lawsuits after the fact to stop this course of action.

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pneumatic1 | karma 170 | avg karma 2.43 · | 2022-12-13 12:36:00

Hard to see this becoming law though. They must have influence in DC by now.

erichocean | karma 5149 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2016-04-05 14:40:15+00:00

Okay, so basically it'll require legislation at this point.

steveklabnik | karma 91260 | avg karma 5.08 · | 2009-11-19 10:25:20

I'd like to think that the more draconian they make laws like this, the faster they'll fall.

I'm just not so sure...

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leke | karma 862 | avg karma 1.32 · | 2013-05-27 06:10:27

I'm just worried that this has already happened and they are waiting for it to be legal before they flip the switch.

stephen_g | karma 8194 | avg karma 3.3 · | 2012-11-11 05:13:04

I wonder how long until we see legislation popping up to try and stop this?

jabl | karma 5571 | avg karma 2.3 · | 2017-01-27 21:02:55+00:00

I'm sure they can manage to insert a back door in the legislation, giving themselves a way out.

jdminhbg | karma 8659 | avg karma 4.29 · | 2021-02-25 22:50:20+00:00

That's going to be bad news when it gets legislated away then, isn't it.

nzjrs | karma 450 | avg karma 2.32 · | 2016-09-14 06:43:19+00:00

Wouldn't touch this with a 30 foot pole.

Hopefully sane legislation will prevail and end this madness soon.

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arcticbull | karma 30340 | avg karma 3.27 · | 2018-10-01 02:43:28+00:00

Hasn't happened so far but I'm sure they're taking suggestions. Feel free to raise some, and take it up with your legislature. But at least they're trying something.

f430 | karma 560 | avg karma 0.95 · | 2021-01-31 22:33:23+00:00

So this is how they are going to regulate it now.

ahartmetz | karma 4714 | avg karma 2.48 · | 2021-03-14 01:31:36+00:00

Yeah. For now it's more of a latent danger than a law that is enforced according to its spirit or even letter - the letter of the law is fairly clear. I hope and assume that it will be enforced as soon as someone in the right position takes an interest in it.

weare138 | karma 3990 | avg karma 4.2 · | 2022-05-12 20:00:40

If this law gets passed it will backfire spectacularly.

HillaryBriss | karma 3284 | avg karma 1.48 · | 2019-09-19 20:37:26+00:00

I'm definitely not against it, but my guess is the best minds will now be put to work figuring out how to defeat, avoid, mitigate this regulation.

webdood90 | karma | avg karma · | 2023-03-30 21:13:59

I'm 100% in support of applying the law to all people.

What I don't love is the timing of it. It makes it easily dismissible as political theatre. Wait until after the election.

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CaptainZapp | karma 9660 | avg karma 4.08 · | 2019-04-24 13:42:40+00:00

Let's wait and see what other regulatory agencies have to say on the issue.

I see a political thunderstorm brewing in the not very far future.

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staplers | karma 1318 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2023-12-15 21:12:55

Only after the major players have divested and created an alternative will it start appearing in headlines and public opinion that we should legislate it harshly.

atatatat | karma 431 | avg karma 0.41 · | 2021-05-19 14:56:52+00:00

In 2017.

and revamping that enforcement now. Possibly.

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shmerl | karma 12092 | avg karma 1.37 · | 2015-02-05 23:25:43+00:00

So far they said they want to. Whether they'll actually repeal those laws - time will tell.