I think what people are forgetting is that any law will most likely be tested in the future with intent to abuse it.
People are still in a struggle over single words or even punctuation in the constitution written by people who had no idea there will be cars or Internet or CCTV cameras or abortion pills or AR-15s in the future.
It is not about whether we want or don't want TikTok. It is obviously bad and there is absolutely no good coming out of it. But it is about what other consequences the law will have.
Any law needs to be written thoughtfully and based on principles. Only principles have even a chance to stand the test of time.
> It is obviously bad and there is absolutely no good coming out of it.
arguably untrue. easy to list reasons, however the indomitable one is the breadth of its usage within a free market already qualifies its utility for the masses.
Criminalizing drugs drives producers and users to more potent and compact forms, like opium gave way to heroin which gave way to fentanyl. (Very simplified.)
Opium is bulky.
When the US outlawed alcohol for a while, the market also switched from relatively bulky beer to harder spirits.
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Aside from that, opium and fentanyl etc obviously have some good aspects, otherwise people wouldn't take them. Duh.
That doesn't mean that the good aspects outweigh the bad aspects in someone else's opinion.
People are still in a struggle over single words or even punctuation in the constitution written by people who had no idea there will be cars or Internet or CCTV cameras or abortion pills or AR-15s in the future.
It is not about whether we want or don't want TikTok. It is obviously bad and there is absolutely no good coming out of it. But it is about what other consequences the law will have.
Any law needs to be written thoughtfully and based on principles. Only principles have even a chance to stand the test of time.