[83217] in Cypherpunks
de minimus non curat lex
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Thu Jul 17 02:48:01 1997
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:05:44 +0200 (MET DST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: nobody@replay.com (Anonymous)
Reply-To: nobody@replay.com (Anonymous)
frissell@panix.com wrote:
> At 11:16 AM 7/16/97 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> >As for Lucky's point #2 -- Yes, I've read drafts of bills that would make
> >it a Federal crime to misrate. --Declan
> What ever happened to "de minimus non curat lex." The social damage from a
> misrated website is too trivial to be believed. Punishing it is like
> executing you for farting.
The correct translation of "de minimus non curat lex" is:
"No fart, no foul."
In order for order to prevail, society must have the authority
to punish those who fart in a crowded theater. On the other hand,
if someone farts in a forest and nobody smells it...
Never mind. I was having an AOL flashback.
FartMonger
