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For questions about what is/isn't, or should/shouldn't be, on-topic or off-topic, and why.

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Can "*Why* a law exists" be on topic?

I was going to ask a new question about this, but then I found this one. I agree with the point that the word "why" in a question does not make it off-topic. "Why did the judge decide this?" or "Why a …
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