Posted by sunnydays on October 15, 2006, at 21:25:18
In reply to Lou's response to aspects of this thread-pprc, posted by Lou Pilder on October 15, 2006, at 20:57:51
If a policeman sees someone driving 1 mph above the speed limit but decides not to pull them over and ticket them, does that mean that they were in fact not breaking the law by speeding? Personally, I think that they were still speeding, even if the police officer did not enforce the law.
Similarly, on the boards, I think one can reasonably conclude that it is not possible on a board this large to sanction every instance of a rule infraction, and sometimes there is discretion as to whether or not to do so. I don't think that anyone should assume that just because something isn't sanctioned it is by definition civil, just as in life one cannot assume that just because all laws are not enforced all the time, it is okay to sometimes break the laws.
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