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Everyone makes that decision every hour of the day. We're all constantly breaking one obscure law or another.
by sjwright 11y ago
Everyone makes that decision every hour of the day. We're all constantly breaking one obscure law or another.
- RodericDay 11y agoTolerance of this kind of situation is what pushes North America closer and closer to Kafkaesque nightmares though.
- donatj 11y agoTolerance of victimless crimes that hurt no one is a Kafkaesque nightmare?
- RodericDay 11y agoLetting "victimless crimes" exist in the books for whenever a powerful entity wants an excuse to jail someone, or to excuse inequitable enforcement of the law.
- donatj 11y agoAh, I actually agree with that in it's entirety.
- maxxxxx 11y agoIf the law is stupid then congress should cancel (delete?) it. Don't allow big guys avoid them but the little guy with no lawyers on retainer has to follow then.
- scintill76 11y agoRight, and this fine is somewhat like fining an individual $0.10 for jaywalking. They'll probably decide it was worth the risk and keep doing the illegal thing, like Apple in this case or HSBC with lax anti-money-laundering compliance. The point is that these things won't be deterred until the people responsible are at risk of going to prison, or doing something else they're not going to gladly write-off as a cost of business.