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BigTTYGothGFtoday at 6:00 PM1 replyview on HN

The usual line is "the regulations are written in blood", and it's a cliche because it's true.


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pie_flavortoday at 7:02 PM

No, it's a cliche because it's false and/or just rephrased alarmism. Most regulations are changes made to solve no problem, simply because someone thought it was a good idea, or because they were vaguely related to a Current Thing, and then persisted because undoing any decision is organizationally extremely hard and nobody cared enough. 'Written in blood' is a great catchphrase for eliminating any discussion of cost-benefit tradeoffs, and the lives that could have been saved but for inaction by default.