Re: [gentoo-dev] Bugzilla usage by gentoo-java's doing migration work

[Donnie Berkholz]

Simon Stelling wrote:
> Right. So you agree with the intention, but not with the wording. This
> is exactly what I'm after. At least here in Europe, judges have to
> 'interprete' the law. They judge whether somebody is guilty or not based
> on the _intentions_ that are behind the law. If the law has flaws in its
> wording, nobody cares about it, because the _intentions_ are important,
> not the wording.

That's one reason I would like to greatly simplify the "laws" around
here -- less opportunity to argue that the wording doesn't explicitly
prohibit something that's obviously wrong and/or stupid.

Thanks,
Donnie