No it's not. Shitting in a river is always a net negative. Regulations can be positive, negative, or ineffective. Trying to "just count" the regulations to determine quality completely discards this critical dimension and betrays an almost childlike view of the world.

>Shitting in a river is always a net negative

It beats anything open air by miles. Sure, an outhouse would be better but river > street.

>Trying to "just count" the regulations to determine quality completely discards this critical dimension and betrays an almost childlike view of the world.

You're grasping at straws here. I am under no obligation to give such an infantile opinion (the one I initially replied to) a response at length. This is not the venue for such minutia.