I’d remove the comma and “especially”. Why the hell would I refrain from (say) infringing copyright if I had a snowball’s chance in hell of getting caught? (unless I thought infringing copyright was bad in itself—but in that case I wouldn’t need to be told to avoid doing that)
Many people get arrested for committing crimes not in the immediate proximity of police. While obviously we can complicate the advice to an arbitrarily with epicycles to deal with edge cases, I think simple advice is best. If you know enough to construct edge cases you don’t need to ask questions like “how does one avoid getting arrested?” in the first place.
I’d remove the comma and “especially”. Why the hell would I refrain from (say) infringing copyright if I had a snowball’s chance in hell of getting caught? (unless I thought infringing copyright was bad in itself—but in that case I wouldn’t need to be told to avoid doing that)
Many people get arrested for committing crimes not in the immediate proximity of police. While obviously we can complicate the advice to an arbitrarily with epicycles to deal with edge cases, I think simple advice is best. If you know enough to construct edge cases you don’t need to ask questions like “how does one avoid getting arrested?” in the first place.