From: mvp@web1.calweb.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Thomas Koenig   wrote:   
   >This is from "The World Of Ptavvs", Lucas Garner speaking.   
   >   
   >"Chick Watson got to be my boss by spotting an invention that would have   
   >forced us to make murder legal."   
   >   
   >Was there ever any hint what this was supposed to have been?   
   >Or can anybody think of anything?   
      
   The ARMs seem to have a rule about laws -- if you can't   
   enforce it, you can't have it as a law.  (See the story   
   where Beowulf Schaeffer comes to Earth and finds that   
   pickpocketing is perfectly legal, because with how crowded   
   Earth is, a law against it couldn't be properly enforced.)   
      
   As for the specifics of the "make murder legal" invention,   
   I never figured that one out.  I'll  have to check out the   
   story from the new Man-Kzin Wars book that someone else   
   mentioned.   
      
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