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Not sure that actually makes things any clearer to me. Is it actually illegal, or is it just "not allowed"? (Is the free beach public?) What would make it "a c
by collyw 8y ago
Not sure that actually makes things any clearer to me. Is it actually illegal, or is it just "not allowed"? (Is the free beach public?)
What would make it "a crime" as opposed to just being "illegal"?
- vasilipupkin 8y agoIllegal means against the law or against the rules. A crime is a function of how severe your illegal action is. Put it another way, people think if something is illegal, punishment for that must be a felony or something. But often times, it’s just an infraction so punishment is at most a fine or a minor action like getting kicked off the free beach
- dionidium 8y ago> Put it another way, people think if something is illegal, punishment for that must be a felony or something I can't imagine that anybody thinks that. We're all familiar with parking tickets, for example.
- vasilipupkin 8y agomany people do think that since they make a big deal out of Airbnb and Uber doing something illegal - not realizing that the illegality of what they did is equivalent to getting a parking ticket.