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Sep 27, 2020 at 18:49 comment added Peter Carter @DaleM is there any legitimate threat these pose? If so I'd suggest the legal system would take these issues on their merits. Your objection makes no sense.
Sep 26, 2020 at 7:48 comment added grovkin @DaleM is there a law.SE wikipedia entry regarding Nulla_poena_sine_lege? I must confess that I may lose sight of this from time to time, too. One would assume this happens to be the answer to more than one question. It would be nice if this and other answer could point to it.
Sep 26, 2020 at 4:11 comment added Dale M Have you heard of the Internet? The automobile? The telephone? None of those were permitted by law but people were allowed to invent them. The principle is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nulla_poena_sine_lege
Sep 25, 2020 at 23:54 comment added Peter Carter According to whom? I have never heard of that upheld in any court in any land.
Sep 25, 2020 at 23:47 comment added Dale M It’s a foundational legal principle of the common law that everything that isn’t forbidden is allowed.
Sep 25, 2020 at 21:56 comment added Peter Carter This seems like it might only apply in certain countries and jurisdictions. Can you reference any statute or other legal justification for your position and state where and under what circumstances it applies?
Sep 25, 2020 at 21:51 history answered Dale M CC BY-SA 4.0