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refulgentistoday at 2:45 AM0 repliesview on HN

They’ll say “Well it’s a payphone” and the court will say “yeah obviously the rule wasn’t written for all callers it’s KYC for people who resale numbers” and then you’ll say “but TECHNICALLY” and the judge will smile and say sir we’re not in the habit of absurd maximalisms, your interpretation is at its face untenable, hence your interest in avoiding the consequences of it.