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Right, but it does mean that if any law was broken anywhere in the chain from procurement to you buying it, you're guilty of breaking US law. A truck driver wa
by randallsquared 16y ago
Right, but it does mean that if any law was broken anywhere in the chain from procurement to you buying it, you're guilty of breaking US law. A truck driver was speeding on a road in Elbonia while delivering Elbonian packing rat pelts for the leather that eventually became the couch you purchased on Amazon and had delivered? You're guilty. With laws like these, there's just no way you can know how many times you've broken the law this week.
- dfranke 16y agoIn this particular case, they have some decent mens rea protections. You're only criminally liable if you "know" that a law was broken, and only civilly liable if "in the exercise of due care [you] should know". Your broader point stands, of course.