This is a semantic question, but I want to get a feel for what you guys think.
Yes, you just didn’t get caught.
What would be some reasons why it wouldn’t be breaking the law?
driving the speed limit creates a driving hazard, so in that case safety trumps the law.
This is likely the most asinine thing I hear on a regular basis. Speed limits exist for a reason. If driving the speed limit actually created a hazard, rather than simply creating an annoyance for someone who is willing to drive recklessly to shave a few seconds off their trip, you might have a point, but you don’t.
The only circumstance where it creates a hazard is if everyone else around them is speeding, in which case, the people who are speeding are creating the hazard, not the person following the laws, you know, the ones that are there to enforce safety on the roads.
An overwhelming number of people seem to think that either intention or whether you were charged are relevant to the question here:
https://lemmy.ml/comment/8298237
I mean, if you change it to “if Bob murdered a guy in cold blood (i.e. not defense, etc.) and no one was looking, did Bob break the law?” The answer to me wouldn’t be anything but yes.
Just because the offense is different or you don’t agree with it doesn’t change that in my eyes. It generally doesn’t change it in the eyes of the law, either. Always campaign against laws you think are bullshit. If enough people do, you might be able to do something about it.
Breaking a law and being punished for breaking a law are very different things
technically speaking yes. but what really matters is if the enforcement agency decides whether or not it’s worth it to charge and prosecute you.
if everyone got charged for breaking any law, there is an entire generation of people who would be locked up because they never paid for winzip.
