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Originally Posted by Horatio Caine
Ok, one more time for stupids - its illegal and he had done it before and was told not to do it. Its illegal to feed seagulls and if you do it over and over again something is going to happen. In third world shithole you can probably piss on asidewalk, sell unlicensed home made booze. Here you can't - health regulations as well as just simply braking the law. I can't care less how you do it in finland or zimbabwe. I don't live there, I live here.
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Yes, it is illegal. But in first world countries laws are to serve citizens, not to make life miserable. As the purpose is to serve citizens, it also means that the punishments and the whole process when enforcing the law, is proportionate to what the law is trying to achieve. You know, it is not proportionate to nuke someone selling loose cigarettes, to prevent someone getting common cold from those cigarettes.
Selling some loose cigarettes is "nothing". Give the guy 20 dollar fine, it is probably more than he will make for selling the loose cigarettes in a whole week. Don't your police have anything else to do, than harass people about selling loose cigarettes? Fine him once in a week and his business goes under. You don't have to kill him.