At 12:29 PM 9/6/95 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote:

I've seen figures on the "linear feet" of regulations, and how they are growing exponentially, but I don't recall the numbers. Something like the total number of laws doubling every 10 years or so, but don't quote me on this one.

In addition one should also consider that most of these new crimes are deliberately written to be sweeping and vague so that they can be enforced in a selective and capricious manner: For example wetlands are deliberately defined in a way to give them considerable elbow room, indeed so much elbow room that much of death valley technically qualifies as wetlands. The wetlands law was written to make it easy for bureaucrats to win lawsuits, not to reflect common sense or basic sanity. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd@echeque.com