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Shayne Wissler's avatar

"New legislation may be proposed only at the first session of each month, and the member who offers it is held responsible for the result of its adoption; if these are seriously evil another member may within a year of the vote invoke upon him the *graphe paranomon*, or writ of illegality, and have him fined, disenfranchised, or put to death; this is Athens' way of discouraging hasty legislation." -- Will Durant, on Ancient Greece legislation

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Gabrielle Bauer's avatar

I’ve developed a Pavlovian shuddering response to the term Precautionary Principle.

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