Good example of stupid lawmakers

I've been of the opinion that laws and lawmakers are too convoluted; this article shows why.
http://now.msn.com/florida-bans-computers-smartphones-by-accident-in-internet-cafe-bill?ocid=ansnowex
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Good example of stupid lawmakers
Posted on: July 10, 2013 - 3:07pm
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Good example of stupid lawmakers
I've been of the opinion that laws and lawmakers are too convoluted; this article shows why. http://now.msn.com/florida-bans-computers-smartphones-by-accident-in-internet-cafe-bill?ocid=ansnowex
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This is actually a good example of ignorant reporting. Just because one random guy files a complaint alleging that the law could be interpreted that broadly does not mean that the law will actually be interpreted that broadly. Someone filing a complaint with a court can say absolutely anything in it regardless of whether or not it is true.
The wording is pretty clear imo and it is an extreme stretch to claim that it outlaws all computers. The legislature emphasized its intent to outlaw games of chance/skill. The only thing in question is whether Internet Cafe's can run sweepstakes and whether or not they may be required to ban access to gambling websites.
Politicians are generally stupid, but so are reporters.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
Well considering how the constitution has been butchered by interpreting things a certain way, I wouldn't put it past the possibility of the law one day being used the way the article states it could be used. It really bans anything that could be used as a gambling machine, and computers certainly qualify unless they specifically have been castrated to be unable to access internet gambling.
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