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I once heard that "Anyone can be charged with a crime if they can be watched closely enough for long enough."
I'm committing a crime right now, pairing this red wine with this halibut.
I remember that from Don't Take to The Police. Since gotchas I can think of is touching an eagle feather lying on the ground (endangered animals plus a market for poachers). Point being, that it's essentially impossible to say with certainty that you've broken no law.
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Found the quote:
It's used around 4:40 in the Don't Take To The Police video.
And there are so many laws that it is impossible to know all the laws that apply in any given moment. Basically, you always have -something- to hide.
I would like to quote a Hungarian movie classic from 1969 (it was sitting in a box for a decade until it somehow got past the censorship):
Other great quotes from the same movie:
Just if you thought that these people are not the same as the commies were way back when. Authoritarians tend to be alike.