I’d defend your principle, but I’m less convinced on the detail - particularly regulatory protection, which exists more on paper than in reality in some areas. And given that better regulation can give more affordable protection than public spending (eg rent control) - this matters.

From 11 years ago: www.politico.com/magazine/sto... and www.ted.com/talks/nick_h...

I think technically you can still be apprehended by a church warden for causing a disturbance in a churchyard and an Ecc. Court can imprison you for up to two months. I’m sure they’d actually just call the police, but this is somewhat wider than a sharia court deciding wills and trade disputes.

That’s both a superb photo, and a heroic image. We’ll still see be seeing that photo in a couple of generations time.

Its already endemic in the natural environment throughout the world.

Four words: “Die Todesstrafe ist abgeschafft”. Five in English, but only four in German

It was all so predictable, and indeed predicted.