At the very least, I'm saying that that's the perception: most crimes go unpunished. But yes, I also suspect that perception is true. I haven't done any research on the matter, though, and attempts to find statistics via cursory Googling failed. If you have any cites handy, I'm happy to be corrected.
In that case, why aren't you stealing money and donating to SIAI? ;)
But seriously, there are countries where your comment is actually true. You can tell the difference pretty easily.
I infer that your intuitions differ from mine but you don't have any cites handy either.
Fair enough.
Updated, to a degree proportional to my confidence in the reliability of your intuition on this matter, in your direction.
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