> without that the cost to actually apprehend a criminal is so high that we might as well not have laws for many crimes. Which crimes are those? Perhaps it's a

> without that the cost to actually apprehend a criminal is so high that we might as well not have laws for many crimes. Which crimes are those? Perhaps it's a sign that they shouldn't be considered crimes after all? Whatever those crimes are, we've apparently successfully lived with them prior to the advent of modern mass surveillance technology so it can't be that bad.