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So why don't they force compliance? Why don't they enforce the state laws of New York against anal sex? Because we are currently fighting a war on terrorism and the war on drugs is keeping cops (good people) in nice homes and fat with incomes you can support a family on.
When you bust a drug lord in Miami, guess what? The gov't gets to auction off his shit. We are talking millions of dollars, plus the millions in cash that is confiscated. In effect, the drug lord PAYS for his own procescution. All of that money pays for the cops that busted him, the DA that prosecuted him, the jury that convicted him and the judge that presided over it all.
When you bust a band of college kids who run a piracy ring you get SQUAT... You get some fines levied that the kids will not pay off for 10 years and the total in fines might be only $250,000. Whoopie... Now you know why the recording industry goes after them in civil court. No one will waste money prosecuting them since drug cases pay to prosecute themselves. Hallelujah to the fucking war on drugs!
What do you get for prosecuting a porn magnate? Nothing... a lot of grief. Possibly not elected next year or appointed to your post because you put porn on the front page of news papers and a lot of conservetives weigh that against the single porn guy that got taken down and the grand scheme of things. More porn was probably sold because of the increased interest the case generated.
And that is why I think that worrying about spitting on the sidewalk is a lot of worrying and no substance.
Do I think in the back of my mind, "Shit! I could be the 1% that they fuck with!" Yes I do, but I have never won a lottery so I am sure I am just not that lucky.
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