cm0002@literature.cafe to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 days agoDHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Gmailnewrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down12cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldboycottus@lemmy.caworldnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down6·2 days agoUnenforced laws are just fiction. I can say anything I want is illegal.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·2 days ago Unenforced laws are just fiction. Erm. Nope. They’re still laws. I can say anything I want is illegal. Sure but…that won’t make it illegal.
minus-squarebizarroland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYou’re right, just because a law isn’t enforced doesn’t mean that it’s not a law. You’re committing a crime when you do 66 in a 65. It is illegal, although you may not face penalties for committing the crime.
Unenforced laws are just fiction. I can say anything I want is illegal.
Erm. Nope. They’re still laws.
Sure but…that won’t make it illegal.
You’re right, just because a law isn’t enforced doesn’t mean that it’s not a law.
You’re committing a crime when you do 66 in a 65. It is illegal, although you may not face penalties for committing the crime.