Fat hurts wrote:
Racket wrote:
Yep. A felony is always a big deal. TWO FELONIES is an even bigger deal. Cheating is cheating. He cheated. He cheated specifically so that he wouldn't be negatively affected at the ballot box. Can't cheat. I accounted for cheating. Makes me right about the 2016 election.
Racket, you are usually so level-headed. You are flat wrong on this one.
I gave two examples of felonies that are very much not a big deal. There's 100s of others that exist now and in the past. Furthermore, federal laws are not ethical or just simply by nature of being written into law.
This is very much the same argument that people make when they make excuses for cops killing black kids on the street. The cops are never wrong because they're the law :D
You gave two examples that in fact ARE a big deal when prosecuted as a felony. Let's take the mail one for example.
If I open someone's mail by mistake, it's not even a crime. If I do it without ill intent, I won't be convicted of a felony.
If I open someone's mail with the intention to steal that person's identity, I can be convicted of a felony and go to prison. In fact, as a nation, we have decided that this crime is punishable by up to 5 years in prison. That's a big deal.
Again, a felony can send you to prison. A felony is ALWAYS a big deal!!![/quote]
Sounds good