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Spirit is subjective and letter is objective. It is easy to follow objectively defined rules but impossible to follow subjectively defined rules.



I'm sorry that you find it impossible to follow "subjectively defined rules". Fortunately, most people have no issues doing that.


Huh, so you prefer rule by law over rule of law? Most people don't prefer that.


The difference between rule of law and rule by law is that rule of law is primarily about the spirit of the law while rule by law is what you want.


> about the spirit of the law while rule by law is what you want.

And the difference is? Those are both very subjective.

The EU could get around this by not writing crappy laws, but I guess this is why we have courts.


> And the difference is? Those are both very subjective.

Compared to what is the letter of the law subjective? Pure math?

> The EU could get around this by not writing crappy laws, but I guess this is why we have courts.

People not making mistakes and having infinite foresight would solve so many problems. Probably not the one of natural language being fuzzy, though.




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