Clinton Vaz <klint...@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Soter, ...............The street scrap dealers no doubt, do business on public space, but in turn they do a lot of service to the state.
=== RESPONSE: On a personal level, I am convinced with the above argument. The premise, I believe, appears to be as follows: If you provide a service, you are are welcome to break the law; and in this case, interfere with the free flow of pedestrian traffic. Here are some other arguments which are "equally convincing": 1: Jon, no doubt, robs people with money, but in turn he wines and dines at the best restaurants - thus providing employment for young chaps who would otherwise be robbing many more people with money. 2: The "babu", no doubt, takes bakshish, but in turn he moves papers from point A to point B - thus preventing them from collecting dust and causing allergies to other hard-lee working 'babus'. 3: Jani, no doubt, is a pimp who mistreats the young women in his clutches, but in turn he provides them with access to hotel rooms inhabited by hungry men who would otherwise be raping other young ladies in the countryside 4: Janardhan, no doubt, dumps waste from mines on to rice fields, but in turn he pays taxes which could be used for building roads and cinema theatres which could host film festivals etc etc. Arre Soter baba...Wot is this Lawz Boz? Tuka Lawz na re? You don't know that Laws are only for the books, and not for the footpaths?. jc