17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
6:17 p.m.
frissell@panix.com wrote:
At 11:16 AM 7/16/97 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
As for Lucky's point #2 -- Yes, I've read drafts of bills that would make it a Federal crime to misrate. --Declan
What ever happened to "de minimus non curat lex." The social damage from a misrated website is too trivial to be believed. Punishing it is like executing you for farting.
The correct translation of "de minimus non curat lex" is: "No fart, no foul." In order for order to prevail, society must have the authority to punish those who fart in a crowded theater. On the other hand, if someone farts in a forest and nobody smells it... Never mind. I was having an AOL flashback. FartMonger