If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Do we really want to pay $3.5 Billion to change all the vending machines in the US, so they accept new bills that blind people can tell apart?

No clue what went wrong - quick, let's make new rules so it doesn't happen again!

If too many fatherless children grow up to be barbarians instead of becoming members of civilized society, the society will collapse.

And be proud of it?

A man can now be convicted of rape if the woman changes her mind halfway through the act.

Imagine how many lawyers the Justice Department will have to hire to chase everybody who posts incorrect information on a web site!

They were "only following orders"...

Judges which rule based on feelings rather than the law, cause unintended consequences quite the opposite of what they wanted.

When the paper is not to their liking, bureaucracies tend to have hissy-fits and throw their weight around.