this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2026
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It's not that it's made that way, but it really difficult to write airtight documents. There are always people who want to head to a grey area and claim that allows them to do whatever they want. So legislation gets pretty verbose about limitations and exceptions. There is still grey area so there are regulations that interpret the law. And of course there is litigation that further defines what is and is not allowed. So poor little citizens like us can see a plain reading of a law, but still need to find regulations and any associated case law to see how it is actually interpreted and what it currently means.
It's not written to confuse, but it is very comprehensive to try to limit wiggle room.