This is another example of how absurd our laws are. We define perfectly normal and reasonable behavior as a "crime" and announce that we are going to punish it (with the potential for a huge, Draconian punishment), but then of course we DO NOT enforce the law strictly and the normal punishment is just a tiny fraction of what the Code section provides for. Why? Because if we really fully enforced all the stupid laws we have, the people would revolt! At the very least every elected official responsible for the crackdown would have his head handed to him on election day.
In the old days, people would tell you with a straight face that many of Georgia's laws were only written so that they could be selectively enforced against minorities. Today that won't wash. So now what's our excuse for making everything illegal (and half the things "felonies") and just trusting cops and prosecutors to only apply the law to some people, some of the time?
