BOB KLAHN wrote in a message to KAY SHAPERO:

 KS> on Mar 15 05 17:44, BOB KLAHN wrote to KAY SHAPERO:

 BK>>  Before non-smoking areas were required by law I did not know of
 BK>>  one single restaurant I could go to and be sure to avoid
 BK>>  smokers.

 KS> I used to take my lunch break late to have a fighting
 KS> chance of being able to taste my lunch.  Because a thing
 KS> ought to be covered by common courtesy doesn't mean it will
 KS> be.  But even so, it's amazing how much legislation you
 KS> have to indulge in to mimic the results of people being
 KS> polite enough not to fumigate each other.

 BK>  If it wasn't for that general principle, we would have little 
 BK> need for law at all.

 KS> Frequently when we DO use law to cover what you'd think
 KS> people would have been polite enough to realize already we
 KS> fall headlong into the law of unintended consequences.  All
 KS> too often, "not where inappropriate" turns into "not at
 KS> all".

 BK>  Over the years it works itseld out.

How so? Does it ever get to the point where are fewer laws and regulations?
 Before it all comes crashing down and starts over?

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