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minus-squarepipslinkfedilinkEnglish11•1 year agoStill no. Do they do it anyway? Probably, but that doesn’t make it legal.
minus-square@ZronlinkEnglish11•1 year agoIf I do something, people find out about it, and I don’t get arrested, it’s defacto legal
minus-squarearcturuslinkEnglish1•1 year agoare they gonna get in trouble for doing it, even if the government finds out? probably not, so it’s practically legal; and that’s kind of the only kind of legality that matters in this case
Police, no. Homeland security? crickets
Still no. Do they do it anyway? Probably, but that doesn’t make it legal.
If I do something, people find out about it, and I don’t get arrested, it’s defacto legal
are they gonna get in trouble for doing it, even if the government finds out?
probably not, so it’s practically legal; and that’s kind of the only kind of legality that matters in this case