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A very long and very qualified list of people who think this is a bad idea.

Also, the infamous Jaffa cake lawsuit.

Just one example of working out edge cases costing a fortune.

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[–] eagleeyedtiger 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just to make it clear, my issue is not with valid criticism, but with a general dismissal due to perceived potential problems that might arise.

Finally, I don’t buy the slippery slope argument at all. I think this policy should be judged on its own merits, and not with the background of “oooh they might make it EVEN MORE COMPLICATED!”.

God this is so common with any online political discourse, especially in here in NZ. Everyone starts thinking up all these potential issues and nothing ever changes. It also tends to reveal a lot of their biases. It's fine to be concerned about the potential impacts of policy, and even better to plan for it. But doing nothing because almost everything has potential for some negative situations is ridiculous. Nothing any government will ever do will be perfect off the bat and have no edge cases. "Perfect is the enemy of good" and all that.

So many just jump straight to thinking up negative scenarios rather than trying to imagine what potential positive outcomes there could be, which we could then improve upon.