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		yokaze on Sept 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google removes Catalan referendum app from Google ... There is a difference between illegal and unconstitutional. Do you see any penalty associated with that section? Constitutional law set limits on the state, and defines minimum rights of a person and applies to the state. A crime is breaking a criminal law, which applies to people and has defined penalties associated with it.

mseebach on Sept 29, 2017 [–]

Ok, so 'crime' is incorrect terminology, that's fair. But let's substitute 'illegal activity', and does anything in the argument change?

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