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I get the distinction he's making between civil and criminal liability, as I pointed out in my other comment (I just don't think it's useful to keep asserting).
by Semiapies 14y ago
I get the distinction he's making between civil and criminal liability, as I pointed out in my other comment (I just don't think it's useful to keep asserting). I was pointing out in that comment that he was making an unreasonable claim that someone could expect to go to prison for stealing a CD in Canada.
And unless the UK has draconian shoplifting laws I've never heard of, the same holds true there.
- DanBC 14y agoPeople get arrested for shoplifting. So they spend at least a couple of hours in police cells while they're getting booked. People get fined for shoplifting. Sometimes they don't pay the fines. They go to prison for not paying fines.
- Semiapies 14y agoIt seems you in turn are having difficulty distinguishing "arrest" and "prison". The former involves being put in a jail (or "gaol") for a short period of time, while the latter involves being put in a prison for years on end.