Again, what do you do? It's a law, that on the DC Metro you are not to drink, eat, spit, smoke, or play loud music period.
The same laws that apply to adults apply to minors. How to you punish a child for breaking the law, even something this minor, without either 1) Fining them or 2) detaining them until the parents arrive to claim them. Or should we just give them the impression that "minor" laws don't matter Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" .... the Scottish Rogues -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 05:11 pm To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Roberts quotes on abortion Importance: Low it was a French fry. My point exactly. Dana On 7/20/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can I ask the bigger question here? > > WTF are the cops detaining a child on the subway for eating food when > (from what I've heard on this list and in the papers) DC has one of the > highest crime rates in America? Aren't there better things to do? I > haven't had the time to read the story, but it sounds like there might > have been more going on that just a silly French Fry eating kid. No? Yes? > > > > SStewart wrote: > > So what do you do? If the officer just shakes his finger at them and > says "Now, Now you can't eat on the subway" their going to laugh their > collective asses off and then tell him to take a flying fuck in a rolling > doughnut. > > > > Detaining a child until their parents can get them isn't cruel and > unusual, it may just be the kick in the pants that a kid needs to never get > arrested for real. > > > > Scott A. Stewart, > > Web Application Developer > > > > Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) > > 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 > > Chantilly, VA 20151 > > Phone: (703) 995-1737 > > Fax: (703) 834-5527 > > > > "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated > sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" > > > > .... the Scottish Rogues > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 04:54 pm > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Roberts quotes on abortion > > Importance: Low > > > > I find it ridiculous that a child would be arrested and taken to a > police > > station -- in DC especially -- over a housekeeping issue. Cruel and > unusual > > punishment would ahve been my theory of the case. > > > > Dana > > > > On 7/20/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>Dana wrote: > >>>parents are always responsible for the transgressions of their > children. > >> > >>I > >> > >>>haven't read the article yet but it definitely seems to me that > somebody > >> > >>was > >> > >>>way lacking in a sense of proportion. > >> > >>Not IMO. This was one of those week long "sting" operations where the > >>police told the public they'd be out and what the consequences would > >>be if caught. > >> > >>The girl either didn't know, or didn't care, about the rules and was > >>caught. The consequences were arrest. > >> > >>It's probably the last fry she'll ever eat on the Metro. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165640 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
