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> Which are those?

Well like I mentioned earlier, there's a regulation that cars have wheels, right? That's not a risk thing.

> I’m beginning to think the discussion is more about dogmatic feelings about regulation than the topic at hand.

No, it's just explaining my logic. Using a more abstract example makes it easier to focus on the logic.

> Again, your argument is based on following regulations for the sake of regulation

No it's not.

> and I don’t agree that’s why regulations exist.

I never said that's why regulations exist.

I never said anything about why regulations exist.

I'm so confused.

I'm just talking about whether a certain kind of rule is circular or not...

It's not a very important point, to be fair. But you seem to think I'm making some wildly different points from what I intend, and I'm not sure why there's such a communication breakdown.



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