Re:China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans fr...
by mlyle on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:38PM
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This is one of the issues with selective/discretional enforcement of laws.
The original oppressive law is ignored, because "it's usually not enforced/used."
And then whether it is used for oppression just comes down to whether the powers that be decide you need oppressing.
Indeed, it's one of the criticisms of the war on drugs: that enforcement was tilted towards people that law enforcement, for one reason or another, didn't like (e.g. skin color).
The original oppressive law is ignored, because "it's usually not enforced/used."
And then whether it is used for oppression just comes down to whether the powers that be decide you need oppressing.
Indeed, it's one of the criticisms of the war on drugs: that enforcement was tilted towards people that law enforcement, for one reason or another, didn't like (e.g. skin color).