if it was simple enough to copy quickly, then your invention wasn't so revolutionary anyway.
I disagree. The innovativeness of an idea is almost completely independent of the challenge of reproducing the work.
What happens when the oil does run out and these regulations weren't put in place?
How long did it take us to develop e85 capable cars? (I'm guessing not that long since the original cards ran on it)
How long will we see a massive oil shortage coming?
So, as a business I ness US made routers so the chinese slave labor me out of the market, but in my home I need chineese made routers so the NSA isn't hacking my local computer.
Or I just get both, and put them back to back, and hope the US NSA never cooperates with the chineese NSA [equivalent]
This has been covered here before
You do not have the resources to beat the likes of apple in a case like this unless you have video of them laughing at your resume as they burn it and shout, "We're conspriing not to hire this guy!"
Legalize it and let the meth heads kill themselves off. Then the cooks will have no customers. At least I'll be able to limit the symptoms of my fucking cold without feeling like a criminal.
If you did any research on this problem you'd realize that it isn't nearly this simple. You're argument boils down to the classic, "If they are only hurting themselves, why do I care?"
But, that isn't the case. Because of the way meth is made, when it goes wrong, shit explodes, and/or the rooms are filled with dangerous chemicals that require specialized training, time, and money to repair. In small towns, where meth gets popular, local sherrifs simply don't have the time/man power/and budget to deal with the aftermath of shutting down meth labs. Best case there are in the middle of no where, but, we also find them in hotel/motel rooms ( mobile, hard to trace).
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