That entire issue with the lobster is a good example of why some people excel at taking tests (and school in general) and some people don't. But sometimes the people that don't and can navigate life actually end up in a better place.
Anyone who attempts to understand minutia and not factor in common sense to everyday life will never get to live to age 100 but will quickly perish consumed with anxiety about all the things that can potentially go wrong. So maybe there are weird laws and maybe a set of circumstances came together to cause a small amount of people to get prosecuted and maybe some of them actually did jail time. Who cares?
Having been in business for quite some time there are risks that you take every day that far exceed any chance of an even valid arcane federal law causing you any trouble at all.
It's not allowed to drive w/o a front license plate in my state. But I've been doing it for 2 years now over two different cars because I don't want to mess up the front bumper with holes. I've never been stopped and if I am stopped at some point I might get a $80 ticket. And maybe there is a small chance of me having something worse happen as well (arrest or geez someone could plant something). Who cares? It's a risk worth taking to me.
Well, if the lobster crime really was a crime, there'd be a prosecutor who could on a whim ruin your life. If you liked lobsters and had undersized lobsters. So, that's a bit more of a risk than an $80 ticket.
(I've driven for years on suspended licenses, so I know what you mean [I'm legal now]).
I agree that is possible but my point is I don't want to worry about that.
I worry about what I can do to control the things that I can control (or evaluate the risks).
(Today I met with a contractor to get a price on a backup generator for the house. More for the anxiety every time there is a storm and "potential" loss of power rather than the actual loss of power during the storm which has been nominal.)
FYI my attorney is handling part of the investigation for MIT for the Schwartz case and says a report is being released in July. He's a former federal prosecutor who handled a famous computer crime case in the 90's and worked with Ortiz. (He's actually turned into somewhat of a friend who I can talk with and ask questions w/o being billed.)
Anyone who attempts to understand minutia and not factor in common sense to everyday life will never get to live to age 100 but will quickly perish consumed with anxiety about all the things that can potentially go wrong. So maybe there are weird laws and maybe a set of circumstances came together to cause a small amount of people to get prosecuted and maybe some of them actually did jail time. Who cares?
Having been in business for quite some time there are risks that you take every day that far exceed any chance of an even valid arcane federal law causing you any trouble at all.
It's not allowed to drive w/o a front license plate in my state. But I've been doing it for 2 years now over two different cars because I don't want to mess up the front bumper with holes. I've never been stopped and if I am stopped at some point I might get a $80 ticket. And maybe there is a small chance of me having something worse happen as well (arrest or geez someone could plant something). Who cares? It's a risk worth taking to me.