my favorite part of "it's only illegal if you get caught" is that it sounds like a joke but it isn't. that's literally how it works. it's not even a technicality. you can genuinely only get charged with a crime if you get caught and they can prove it in a court of law, beyond all reasonable doubt. that's not a bug. that's a feature. it's literally not illegal if you don't get caught.
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16this of course only true in the United States. it is not the case in Sweden, where it is forbidden by law to be a criminal
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@sodiboo or to disparage ABBA
@sodiboo but if nobody sees you doing anything bad (and they can't prove it) then you're not a criminal, so everything's fine
@sodiboo As a Swede I can confirm that this is true.
@sodiboo As Traveling Wilbury fans know, "In [New] Jersey anything's legal, as long as you don't get caught."
@sodiboo just because you did it doesn't mean you're guilty
@sodiboo be gay, do crime, don't talk about crime
@sodiboo I don't agree with your semantic analysis; getting away with something doesn't make it legal. But enough about that! Why is the crime rate so low in Germany?
…because crime is illegal.
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> beyond all reasonable doubt
it depends, "civil" crimes (like defemation) are judged by the balance of probabilities ("more likely than not")
> beyond all reasonable doubt
it depends, "civil" crimes (like defemation) are judged by the balance of probabilities ("more likely than not")
@sodiboo That strikes me as a strange way to interpret "illegal" 🤷
@sodiboo i think when most people use the word illegal they mean that by declared intention of the law, it would result in conviction if caught
@sodiboo@gaysex.cloud that's a long way to say "be gay do crimes"