From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 14:21:56 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: de minimus non curat lex
Message-ID: <199707170605.IAA26013@basement.replay.com>
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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