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XorNotyesterday at 9:33 PM2 repliesview on HN

If you break the law, what happens to you? What does the state do to you?

Like say you persistently just refuse to pay a parking ticket after court orders to do so?


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wrsyesterday at 9:41 PM

You're missing the point -- I don't refuse to pay a parking ticket after the court orders me to do so. I don't stand in the checkout line trying to figure out how to run out without paying. I don't threaten people on the sidewalk and take their money when I notice there aren't any police around at the moment. I trust that the vast, vast majority of people act similarly. If they didn't, no amount of law enforcement would be enough.

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zahlmanyesterday at 10:27 PM

I understand that. It is not relevant, and does not establish your original point.