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To: AdamSelene235
The definition of felony is slipping. I have a friend who is a felon because his dog jumped a fence and chased a deer.

That would be one of the more serious of modern felonies :(

Actually, I would bet that the vast majority of Americans have committed or will commit some kind of felony during their life without ever even suspecting it. The charge of felony is becoming meaningless in determining the genuine seriousness of a crime.

25 posted on 04/06/2003 5:45:04 PM PDT by templar
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To: templar
The charge of felony is becoming meaningless in determining the genuine seriousness of a crime.

Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against . . . We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.

-Atlas Shrugged

34 posted on 04/06/2003 6:16:20 PM PDT by AdamSelene235 (Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear....)
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