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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 8092996, member: 24754&quot;]I fully agree with your sentiment. People that behave in these ways lack principles, are scummy, are a detriment to society, etc, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, we can&#039;t allow subjective judgement calls about attributes that occur over a spectrum to influence outcomes in our legal system. For instance:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>If you&#039;re reckless</i>&quot;&nbsp; &lt;-- Who determines what is and isn&#039;t reckless?</p><p>&quot;<i>and you consciously disregard</i>&quot;&nbsp; &lt;-- Who determines what and to what extent something was disregarded?</p><p>&quot;<i>paying half a million in cash</i>&quot;&nbsp; &lt;-- Is it illegal to pay cash? Why does the amount matter?</p><p>&quot;<i>completely un-provenanced item</i>&quot;&nbsp; &lt;-- Is it illegal to buy un-provenanced items? I&#039;d say that most of us are guilty of that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, I agree with what you are saying from an emotional and judgmental perspective, but as hard as it is, we have to put all that aside when talking about legality. I don&#039;t like it any more than you do when crappy people get away with slimey things, but if we make concessions on this front, the tradeoff could be that any of us could be put away for pretty much anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless there is a law saying, &quot;You cannot buy unprovenanced collectables for over X number of dollars from anyone that has ever been convicted of a crime&quot;, then being held legally accountable for these kinds of things is a bit problematic. If we go too far down that road, then we have to start worrying about:</p><p><br /></p><p>Should people wearing Nikes be put away for breaking child labor laws?</p><p>Should people that buy stuff from pawn shops be put away for disregarding the risks?</p><p>Should we all be forced to give up our real estate because it was stolen from indigenous people?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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