Wisdom

'Lawful but awful' is the opinion of a few

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I thought that's what we do through the process of governing.

Episode 82: Ranking the Stars (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:24:47 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Responding to UK proposals to regulate 'social harms', Dave says deciding what's harmful is what governing is for. Laws are what a society passes through its representatives. 'Lawful but awful' is by definition a shifting set of opinions held by a few.

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  1. Episode 82: Ranking the Stars (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:25:32 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    If there's no this lawful but awful, that is always a shifting set of opinions of a of by definition of a few.

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