@tnielsenhayden @MrPersimmon Hrm. In "cease & desist", cease means stop, desist means don't start up again. Key technical distinction.
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@chaosprime@MrPersimmon Cease and desist, aid and abet, protect and defend. The rough sense comes through. -
@tnielsenhayden@MrPersimmon Yeah. It sounds weird because the actual sense being used isn't rough at all, it's inhumanly precise.
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@tnielsenhayden@MrPersimmon If you only ordered someone to cease, they could validly comply by momentarily not doing whatever it is. -
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@chaosprime@MrPersimmon It wouldn't plead well in court. - 6 more replies
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