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Rob Ford was a... *remembers he's in polite company* ... er, an exceptional individual.
by anonymous_________ September 3, 2017
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A tautological but pointed statement emphasizing that a criminal charge is a legalistic representation of an act, not an objective moral judgment. The "photograph" is framed by the state's lens: the same act (possession of a substance) may be a crime in one jurisdiction and legal in another. It highlights the artificial, constructed line between "criminal" and "non-criminal" behavior.
"Every crime, without exception, is an exact, color photograph of the individual's behavior." Example: A person is arrested for "vagrancy." The "color photograph" is their behavior: sleeping on a park bench. The charge is the state's caption. The statement forces us to separate the act (sleeping) from the socially imposed label ("crime"), revealing how law defines deviance.
by Nammugal February 5, 2026
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