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0 pointslelanthran2y ago0 comments

> Again, the "spirit of the law" is a fallacy. It's an illusion people would like to believe, but it doesn't exist.

You might want to tell that to multiple judges who rule daily on the spirit of the law.

TBH, I don't think that you know how the law works better than judges and magistrates do.

You know what a loophole is, right?

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crazygringo2y ago

> TBH, I don't think that you know how the law works better than judges and magistrates do.

TBH, I don't think you do either, but I also know that kind of argument isn't useful here on HN.

> You know what a loophole is, right?

Yes, it's a layman's term that has no real legal meaning, and exists only in the eye of the beholder. What one person calls a tax loophole, another person recognizes as policy that a subset of legislators ensured existed in a bill.

You think tax loopholes are there by accident?

plandis2y ago

> You might want to tell that to multiple judges who rule daily on the spirit of the law.

It’s not a judge ruling on a case that is sending this letter to Apple.

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