So why hasn't it been struck off the books? I distrust any government that keeps such laws around just in case they need something to get you with. Overcrimina

So why hasn't it been struck off the books? I distrust any government that keeps such laws around just in case they need something to get you with. Overcriminalisation, I think it's called. Not that I have a surfeit of trust in other governments but you get the point.