Whew! That was fast. The idea that you can legislate bad into good reminds me a lot of the idea that you can "define" a romantic relationship into existence. Maybe that's a loose analogy, but fairly often the more literal of the two in any relationship that's unfolding slower than "normal" can be deluded into thinking the relationship can be somehow "defined" into existence, especially with a piece of paper legalizing it. Anyway... I like the two-minute nutshell explanation and I'm now thinking of a way to translate this down to kidspeak. Will let you know if I'm able to do that.