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To: quehubo who wrote (36666)4/22/2007 1:09:51 PM
From: epicure  Respond to of 542009
 
They aren't supposed to comfort anyone.

Like any law their value is deterrence. No law deters everything. You might as well say speeding limits are no comfort to people killed by speeding drivers. That's true- but it's also no logical rationale not to have the limits, since they do have their deterrent value.