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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2011-11-03 12:48 pm

Utopia, a poll (with other completely unconnected question)

"The Culture" in this case refers to the space-faring civilisation in Iain Banks' awesome series of novels.

[Poll #1792224]

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
So what?

If you can say to people to leave the place where you live because you'd really rather they did (and to not respect your wishes would be rude), versus because you'd call the cops, what does it matter? Same result.

[identity profile] danieldwilliam.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
You can say that about any two legal systems with similar substantive laws but different jurisprudential basis or different procedural laws - most of the time it won't make any difference but when it does make a difference those differences are often very important.