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Originally Posted by Harmon
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Likewise, in Chicago, with wifi all over the place - protected, not protected, free with registration, floating loose - busting someone for hitchhiking onto the internet is not likely to occasion an arrest, much less a prosecution. But down in Quincy, it might be a different story.
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Not entirely familiar with Illinois geography, but assuming Quincy is in Illinois, then it has to be very confusing for Illinoisans (are you called that?) if the law is applied in one way in Chicago and another in Quincy.
I'm guessing this is more or less a result of crime patterns in respective area, police in Chicago lack the resources, not much crime in Quincy, so plenty of time to look into minor offenses. Does that sum it up?
At the same time, laws are written to apply to everybody, everywhere (within its jurisdiction), but when they are enforced differently, respect for the statues will begin to erode and that in turns require more stringent detailed statues including all sorts of exceptions.