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What do you think of ideas like GitLaw, where the ideas of version control of code/software are applied to legislation in order to make them more publicly visible to citizens, to keep a cryptographically-secure history of changes, and make it easier to suggest changes to them ("pull requests")? (Think of it like GitHub for our laws)

https://blog.abevoelker.com/gitlaw-github-for-laws-and-legal-documents-a-tourniquet-for-american-liberty/

http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_the_internet_will_one_day_transform_government

What do you think of citizens that choose to arm themselves defensively (concealed carry)?

Thank you for the answer and for the work you do! I admire you greatly.

The SPLC is no longer the organization that they were in the 80s. Not when they label folks like Ayaan Hirsi Ali an "anti-muslim extremist."

Eric Brewer used banking as an example of eventual consistency though

http://highscalability.com/blog/2013/5/1/myth-eric-brewer-on-why-banks-are-base-not-acid-availability.html