> The question "where are your papers?" is very different when it is not connected with sending you > to a death camp.
Just because something is not horribly evil doesn't mean it's not somewhat evil.
> We have lists of people we don't want on planes, along with their aliases; if they can just pick a > new name out of a hat and not so much have to pay a forger to get through security, we're in > serious trouble.
And with that I think you've just pointed out why ID checking isn't useful.
Aren't stock prices meant to go up after an IPO for at least a few days so the investment brokers can offload the shares at a profit before the stock drops? This seems to have been really poorly organised.
As to the practicalities, if someones signed a contract saying they'll buy so many shares at a certain price, you can't blame the other party for holding them to it, even if they do look like idiots doing so.
Copyright isn't a natural right like freedom of speech or freedom of association. It was created by the government, with the idea being that some monopoly rights for a creator would encourage creators to share their stuff with the people. If the government had not given them this "right", they wouldn't have it. Given that, it's not unreasonable for the government to put in place limits on how they use that right, especially if their desired use has a negative impact on the people it's meant to be benefiting.
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> The question "where are your papers?" is very different when it is not connected with sending you > to a death camp. Just because something is not horribly evil doesn't mean it's not somewhat evil. > We have lists of people we don't want on planes, along with their aliases; if they can just pick a > new name out of a hat and not so much have to pay a forger to get through security, we're in > serious trouble. And with that I think you've just pointed out why ID checking isn't useful.
Aren't stock prices meant to go up after an IPO for at least a few days so the investment brokers can offload the shares at a profit before the stock drops? This seems to have been really poorly organised.
As to the practicalities, if someones signed a contract saying they'll buy so many shares at a certain price, you can't blame the other party for holding them to it, even if they do look like idiots doing so.
Copyright isn't a natural right like freedom of speech or freedom of association. It was created by the government, with the idea being that some monopoly rights for a creator would encourage creators to share their stuff with the people. If the government had not given them this "right", they wouldn't have it. Given that, it's not unreasonable for the government to put in place limits on how they use that right, especially if their desired use has a negative impact on the people it's meant to be benefiting.