">* If the cops don't care about something, it's defecto legal. *<"

Ahhhh! A new English expression, "defecto legal". I like it! It should be the name of a website, defectolegal.com, for purposes TBD later.

The proper term is "de facto": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/de%20facto

"Defecto" is Spanish for the English "defect", a flaw, an error.

Don't get me started about "giving a dam".

There are lots of forms of 'don't care'. Don't care because:

- they have limited resources and they are prioritising something else,

- there is little realistic chance of getting a conviction.

- it's not one of their politically set department targets

- they fundamentally don't think it should be illegal - say historic blasphemy laws still on the books.

Is your main concern resources or enforceability, lack of political focus or some combination of all of the above?

Follow the money, easy payouts for cops and courts is where 95% of enforcement goes. Drug possession is an instant $1000 profit for the local law enforcement, and possibly much more. And if they are poor and challenge it, the extra court fees and court lawyer are also profitable.

Fighting private lawyers is what costs courts money and is why the wealthy get way less criminal punishment.

">If the cops don't care about something, it's defecto legal.<"

Ahhhh! A new English expression, "defecto legal". I like it! It could be the name of a popular website.

The proper term is "de facto": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/de%20facto

A defect is a flaw, an error, and "defecto" is Spanish for the English "defect". The meaning of "defecto legal" (English) thus remains in the wind, TBD. But I look forward to it's landing.

This really has me thinking I ought to just delete my Linkedin. I can't say I've ever got anything out of it except spam and fomo. I don't even like to keep it up-to-date because someone is just ripping that information off.