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!

And be proud of it?

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.

CPS is another bureaucracy which has lost sight of its product and is caught up in process.

If Microsoft ends up actually paying the fines which have been assessed by the EU Anti-Competition bureaucracy, it will make a bigger contribution to the EU budget than many member countries.

Dead rats, and dying patients.

Eternal vigilance is not only the price of liberty, it's also the price of parenthood.