AsklemmyEnglish · 10 months ago

If I drive speeding past a cop, but didn't get a ticket, did I break the law?

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If I drive speeding past a cop, but didn't get a ticket, did I break the law?

AsklemmyEnglish · 10 months ago

This is a semantic question, but I want to get a feel for what you guys think.

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10 months ago
A selectively enforced law is an autocratic wrapper around a democratic interface.

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