timujin comments on Rationality Quotes May 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 03 May 2014 04:58:12AM *  1 point [-]

a way to quickly evaluate any proposed new form of government or legal system: ask the proposer how arrest is distinguished from kidnapping, and search and seizure from trespassing and theft -- if they can't give a good answer, the proposal is based on ignorance and you need not waste any more of your time on it

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Comment author: timujin 06 May 2014 08:28:28AM 0 points [-]

Trivially true, as one who cannot point out the difference is ignorant in the field of legal systems. I guess it is not what is meant?

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