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0 pointsfsloth3y ago0 comments

Most definetly, maturity and actual level of danger.

I don’t think anything Woz has done is moderately dangerous. If they wanted to lock him up I’m sure he could call to a competent lawyer and state he is a respectable citizen who co-founded the friggin Apple.

Woz has an extremely long history of egging people of authority and I don’t think he’s ever been to court from those escapades (please correct me if I’m wrong).

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hnfong3y ago· 2 in thread

Maybe you're right that his actual risk is non-existent because some people are more equal than others.

I would hope we're not in such a world though.

fslothOP3y ago

This was not as much about privilege than about Woz having a life long experience of trying to bend conventions and rules and probably had a good intuition how far he could goof off given his social and financial status etc.

hnfong3y ago

Doubtful. You only need to make one mistake to throw your life off track when it comes to playing on the edges of the legal system. You don't know how "close" you're getting until you get a conviction.

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