Thann@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoIf I drive speeding past a cop, but didn't get a ticket, did I break the law?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down150file-text
arrow-up1-34arrow-down1message-squareIf I drive speeding past a cop, but didn't get a ticket, did I break the law?Thann@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepan_troglodytes@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoyes - but if there’s no enforcement then laws are rather meaningless.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoA selectively enforced law is an autocratic wrapper around a democratic interface.
yes - but if there’s no enforcement then laws are rather meaningless.
A selectively enforced law is an autocratic wrapper around a democratic interface.