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If I stole your TV, would I be burglarizing you? Or kidnapping your TV? Last I recall, kidnapping an appliance is not a crime. Where do you live?
by dibujante 11y ago
If I stole your TV, would I be burglarizing you? Or kidnapping your TV? Last I recall, kidnapping an appliance is not a crime. Where do you live?
- tedks 11y agoI don't think the comment parent was arguing that such a distinction is reasonable, but it is the basis of civil forfeiture in the United States. Money has no constitutional rights, so it can be presumed innocent and seized until its owner can argue on behalf of its innocence.
- ourmandave 11y agoIn asset forfeiture you get this kind of asshattery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._$124,700_in_U.S._Currency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._$124,700_in_U...