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Cake day: July 4th, 2023
  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.eetoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•Is it a prison break if the prisoners have been unjustly detained? Who decides when it is a hostage rescuse situation?
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    14 days ago

    the term won’t be “prison break” but will depend on the jurisdiction that holds the person. if you are being detained by the state police, you’ll get something like “fleeing and eluding” but it depends on your local laws. if you’re in US federal custody then it depends on what they charge you with and how they detain you.

    Fleeing would be a separate charge itself. the eighth amendment could get it thrown out but you’d still be able to be charged with it and would at least need to stand trial to be charged within X amount of time.

    if, however, you’re illegally detained and the constitution is clearly being violated, then the perpetrators will need to be held accountable. don’t worry about it. you can just wait for the government checks and balances system to save you. they’ll be here any minute now. aaaany minute now.

  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.eetoMemes@sopuli.xyz•I'd never do this obviously
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    14 days ago

    in a just world, not one centered around corporate interests, you would lose your license for this. instead, the automotive industry has to ensure that there’s plenty of drivers to buy their cars, so we can’t be too harsh on our licensing laws.

    I guess it doesn’t matter. 50,000 deaths per year due to traffic accidents is a fair price to pay for the freedom to sit in traffic.

  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.eetoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•[Deleted]
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    16 days ago

    I tried going down this line of thinking too, but any assumption you make is predicated on the belief that they would use means that we are familiar with. Just because we do not know of a way to do such and such does not mean it does not exist. This post is referring to a fundamental epistemic problem.