VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 8 days agoThe reason is simple. It's because fuck you.discuss.onlineimagemessage-square151linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1imageThe reason is simple. It's because fuck you.discuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square151linkfedilink
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoYep. The “fine OR imprisonment” part means fines for the rich, and imprisonment for the poor. The filthy rich only go to prison for stealing from other filthy rich assholes.
minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoFines would be nice if they were tied to a percentage of someone’s net worth. Too bad something like that would never be accepted in the US though.
minus-squaresanpo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoExcept it’s not even fines anymore, apparently it’s perfectly legal as long as you destroy the book after scanning it.
minus-squareHow_do_I_computah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThey used the duress PIN on their rare book library
minus-squarerenegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days ago “If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class” Final Fantasy Tactics (1997)
minus-squareblazeknave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days ago97?! I was that old already… I thought this was older
Yep. The “fine OR imprisonment” part means fines for the rich, and imprisonment for the poor.
The filthy rich only go to prison for stealing from other filthy rich assholes.
Fines would be nice if they were tied to a percentage of someone’s net worth. Too bad something like that would never be accepted in the US though.
Except it’s not even fines anymore, apparently it’s perfectly legal as long as you destroy the book after scanning it.
They used the duress PIN on their rare book library
97?! I was that old already… I thought this was older