Spider on the Web 11 - Thrillin' at the MacMillan #6
Thrillin' at the MacMillan #6: Space Law
\n\xa9 2007 by Spider Robinson
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\nAsk Elliot Ness. The power of a law\u2014its meaning\u2014depends on who\u2019s committed to enforcing it, and how far they\u2019re prepared to go. In David Milch\u2019s HBO series Deadwood, nobody seems prepared to enforce much of anything, and perhaps you\u2019ve seen the dire consequences of such anarchy: the rights of prostitutes were not respected, men were sometimes cheated, wealth and power and information lay in the hands of a few, undertaking was handled by voracious swine, and foul language was heard in public. Nothing like the shining civilization of laws we enjoy today.