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Quite right. In fact, you don't need to look any further than the first section of the 13th amendment to find recognition of the fact that there is little to n
by jlgreco 13y ago
Quite right. In fact, you don't need to look any further than the first section of the 13th amendment to find recognition of the fact that there is little to no distinction:
"Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
In calling out prison labor as an acceptable form of slavery, the 13th amendment implicitly declares it a form of slavery.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoIt is a sad day for this country when that loophole is exploited on a wide scale.
- andrewflnr 13y agoUh, what? A loophole is an unintentional gap in a law. This is obviously an explicit, intentional exception.
- jlgreco 13y agoI wouldn't say that a loophole needs to be unintentional. I would describe a loophole as a deliberate or accidental ambiguity in a law that allows others to circumvent the intent of the law. Either way, I don't think it is technically a loophole. Exception is a good word for it.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoFair enough, may not be the best choice of words. I was thinking about it from the perspective that everyone is a lawbreaker to some degree or another; and imagining a situation where detection becomes trivial for all of the minor offences we commit on an ongoing basis.