{"id":417,"date":"2005-02-15T16:19:03","date_gmt":"2005-02-15T20:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=417"},"modified":"2009-04-12T19:35:20","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T23:35:20","slug":"can-the-law-regulate-reckless-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/02\/15\/can-the-law-regulate-reckless-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the law regulate reckless sex?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legalaffairs.org\/webexclusive\/debateclub_recklesssex0205.msp\">Legal Affairs Debate Club &#8211; Can the law regulate reckless sex?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is so ridiculous&#8230; what more can I say? People arguing for <strong>LAWS <\/strong>to <strong>PUNISH <\/strong>people for having unprotected sex &#8211; but only if it&#8217;s their first time! <\/p>\n<p>There is a valiant effort to describe why this law wouldn&#8217;t be a big burden &#8211; which by its very inclusion indicates that the law <em>will<\/em> be a big burden. <\/p>\n<p>Another perfect example of what&#8217;s wrong in our society today &#8211; and why the title of &#8220;lawmaker&#8221; is the most horrible title of this age of the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is so ridiculous&#8230; what more can I say? People arguing for LAWS to PUNISH people for having unprotected sex &#8211; but only if it&#8217;s their first time! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-6J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2744,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/08\/09\/what-lord-of-the-flies-taught-us-about-free-markets\/","url_meta":{"origin":417,"position":0},"title":"What &#8220;The Lord of the Flies&#8221; Taught us about Free Markets","author":"Keith Survell","date":"August 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Taking the lessons of the book \"The Lord of the Flies\" and applying them to the so-called \"Free Market.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Opinion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Flickr image by Enrico Fuente","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/123\/346158990_1ca071e203_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":544,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/06\/14\/an-end-to-everybodys-press\/","url_meta":{"origin":417,"position":1},"title":"An End To &#8216;Everybody&#8217;s Press&#8217;?","author":"Keith Survell","date":"June 14, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"The FEC (federal elections committee) is thinking about expanding the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA, a.k.a McCain-Feingold) to regulate political speech even more - and this has got some people really scared.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1044,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/02\/11\/how-to-write-laws-the-right-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":417,"position":2},"title":"How to write laws &#8211; the RIGHT Way","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"At least, I think it's the right way: \"If I were writing laws such that I wanted everybody to agree on how to interpret them, I would use the software development life cycle: First, have lawmakers (analogous to \"developers\") write drafts of the laws. 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