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<blockquote data-quote="Zak S" data-source="post: 6511861" data-attributes="member: 90370">Whether or not there are, the discussion will go faster if you can answer whether or not you see closing the loopholes as desirable in itself and then we can go on to talking about what the costs are and whether they can be ameliorated.A rule that's harder to remember than the current rule has at least that mark against it--it is imperfect for that reason. It has, in that way, a cost. It therefore falls outside the scope of the question I asked.The problem with various &quot;costs&quot; is something to bring up and discuss after knowing whether you even want the thing you might be &quot;paying&quot; for.You don't answer &quot;Would you want this if it's free?&quot; with &quot;But it isn't!&quot; That's something you say after first establishing whether you want it. Which we still don't know because you still refuse to answer.Again, I am not asking any of these questions yet...I am not asking for various catastrophizations about imaginary problematic rules that you can think up. That would be the next step after figuring out whether closing the loophole is desirable in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zak S, post: 6511861, member: 90370"] Whether or not there are, the discussion will go faster if you can answer whether or not you see closing the loopholes as desirable in itself and[I] then[/I] we can go on to talking about what the costs are and whether they can be ameliorated. A rule that's [I]harder to remember than the current rule[/I] has at least that mark against it--it is imperfect for that reason. It has, in that way, a [B][I]cost.[/I][/B] It therefore falls [I]outside the scope [/I]of the question I asked. The problem with various "costs" is something to bring up and discuss [I]after [/I]knowing whether you even want the thing you might be "paying" for. You don't answer "Would you want this if it's free?" with "But it isn't!" That's something you say [I]after [/I]first establishing whether you want it. Which we still don't know because you still refuse to answer. Again, I am not asking any of these questions yet... I am not asking for various catastrophizations about imaginary problematic rules that you can think up. That would be the next step after figuring out whether closing the loophole [I]is desirable in the first place.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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