fine would work. Parents are responsible for the liabilities of a minor. Dana
On 7/20/05, SStewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:5:165647 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
