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Originally posted by Kadath
First, and obvious, from the summary of the article:
"Note that insufficient evidence to determine effectiveness should not be interpreted as evidence of ineffectiveness."
Second, apply logic for a moment. We should know laws are effective before passing them? How could you understand the effectiveness of a law UNLESS IT WAS IN EFFECT?!
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Please be aware I never said the article said the laws were ineffective.
Second, should we not have some idea that new legislation will impact the things people claim they will impact before we pass them? Perhaps test them out in certain areas before we pass laws that may never result in progress? Perhaps implement them with clear parameters to study their effectiveness or impact?
Naaahh. You're right, let's continue to use the "logic" of blindly passing laws that may or may not improve things and never verify that they are achieving anything. Makes perfect sense.