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 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.

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

 Over the long term the chaff tends to get sifted out. Of course,
 the long term may well be generations. Quite a few, sometimes.

 OTOH, it all comes crashing down sooner or later anyway. Or gets
 replaced somehow.

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