• stoly@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I once mentioned to my father that most people are likely felons without realizing it because everyone will have violated a whole slew of laws they are unaware of or that are obscure/unenforced. He, being a conservative, became angry with me.

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      11 months ago

      I can probably come up with a dozen felonies and goodness knows how many misdemeanors I’ve committed in my life, and I’m definitely not a menace to society.

      None of these are violent or sexual in nature.

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        11 months ago

        Exactly. The worst thing that most people do as far as common laws are concerned is speeding.

        The real bad things that happen that are rarely enforced is spousal and child abuse, religious abuse, abuse from certain authorities, etc. These destroy lives.