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> Yes, he says a fake address may have worked, but that may be criminal fraud. This really hits home how different the US culture is from mine (Greek). Here's
by StavrosK 7y ago
> Yes, he says a fake address may have worked, but that may be criminal fraud.
This really hits home how different the US culture is from mine (Greek). Here's a crime that really shouldn't be a crime (being able to anonymously spend money), that has an extremely low rate of getting caught (who's going to find who you are if you use Tor or just go to Starbucks?) and is extremely unlikely to prosecute ("your honor, he used the wrong zip code on the card website!"), but people mention "this is a crime" as a deterrent. Over here people would think you were joking.
This cuts both ways, of course, and people commit more serious crimes (fraud, corruption, etc) more easily. It reinforces to me the adage that the best things about a country are also the worst things about that country.
- thaumasiotes 7y ago> Here's a crime that really shouldn't be a crime [...] but people mention "this is a crime" as a deterrent. Many, many people seem to be missing the mental concept of "a crime that shouldn't be a crime". You know it's wrong because it's against the law, and of course it's against the law because it's wrong.