{"id":1388,"date":"2012-01-23T21:10:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T05:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2012-03-24T17:14:06","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T00:14:06","slug":"actually-yes-ignorance-of-the-law-is-an-excuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1388","title":{"rendered":"Actually yes, ignorance of the law is an excuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By George Sand<\/p>\n<p>(Reprinted with author&#8217;s permission from Copblock.org)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pigpicture.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1389\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?attachment_id=1389\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pigpicture.jpg?fit=300%2C150\" data-orig-size=\"300,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pigpicture\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pigpicture.jpg?fit=300%2C150\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pigpicture.jpg?fit=300%2C150\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1389\" title=\"pigpicture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pigpicture.jpg?resize=300%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are countless laws. Literally.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe not in the mathematical sense \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it is technically possible to count the laws in existence, but based on a colloquial and general use of the term \u00e2\u20ac\u0153countless\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it is not really feasible for someone to count every law. Just this year, <a href=\"http:\/\/today.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/45819570\/ns\/today-today_news\/t\/new-laws-toughen-rules-abortions-immigrants-voters\/#.Txd5WaXWbTQ\">40,000 laws were passed<\/a> and are set to go into effect. On the other hand, we rarely hear news about laws being repealed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.copblock.org\/12341\/actually-yes-ignorance-of-the-law-is-an-excuse\/\">(Read rest of story here)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By George Sand (Reprinted with author&#8217;s permission from Copblock.org) There are countless laws. Literally. Maybe not in the mathematical sense \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it is technically possible to count the laws in existence, but based on a colloquial and general use of the term \u00e2\u20ac\u0153countless\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it is not really feasible for someone to count every law. Just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[182,1,6,80],"tags":[486,487],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tQeJ-mo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1302,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1302","url_meta":{"origin":1388,"position":0},"title":"Police promise to take legal action if they are injured by OWS protestors-George Sand","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"December 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Police and their supporters always talk about how policing is such a difficult and dangerous job. 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