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Most laws are arbitrary and/or self-contradictory, yet we are still punished if we are caught violating them. In addition, there are so many laws, that most of
by nickff 12y ago
Most laws are arbitrary and/or self-contradictory, yet we are still punished if we are caught violating them. In addition, there are so many laws, that most of us are constantly committing crimes (at a rate of three felonies a day).[1]
[1] http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240527487044715045744389...
- anigbrowl 12y agoHarvey Silverglate is full of it and I wouldn't trust him to tell me the time. When you look into the cases he mentions you always find all kinds of incriminating detail that he left out of his articles. I've debunked some of his claims in detail before here on HN but I can't be bothered to dig that up again now. You should probably be able to find with a Google search though, I'm pretty sure they addressed this very WSJ article.