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>>Seems pretty ratty to report on something so victimless, especially after participating. I could say most white collar crime is victimless too. Should we jus
by at-fates-hands 10y ago
>>Seems pretty ratty to report on something so victimless, especially after participating.
I could say most white collar crime is victimless too. Should we just let all the stock brokers who embezzle money go since the only people they harm are billion dollar companies who can afford the losses?
Laws are in place for a reason. The city had a problem and is trying to curtail certain behavior. This is always the case - they find someone and make an example out of them and then hopefully it acts as a deterrent for other people thinking of doing the same thing.
Time will only tell if it's truly effective though.
- TeMPOraL 10y ago> I could say most white collar crime is victimless too. Should we just let all the stock brokers who embezzle money go since the only people they harm are billion dollar companies who can afford the losses? Except those billion dollar companies will keep forwarding their losses until it hits some poor schmucks at the lowest end of the chain. Victimless crimes seem to be less about "lack of victims" and more about distributing and diluting the harm until a lot of unrelated people get hurt a little bit each. The problem is that humans are not like atoms hit by photons, when you need an individual "harm" packet to exceed some threshold for it to matter. They're more like pressure in tank - every little bit of distributed harm adds up.
- aminok 10y agoEmbezzlement is not victimless.. Renting your property to a short term renter is victimless. So is selling illicit drugs to a consenting adult. You need to learn what distinguishes a victimless crime from victimful crime, because your example suggests you don't understand.