The punk broke the law. Punish him. No exceptions.
This is one of the most important fallacies in what has made our country a country of those who are not punished when breaking the law. I call it the “little Johnny” rule.
You can see it in every aspect of our lives today. It’s the “put the object out of the reach of Little Johnny” so he won’t break it or get into it. Not to teach little Johnny if he touches it he will be punished as certainly as the sun rises in the morning.
The other “little Johnny” fallacy is that we cry and wring our hands when “little Johnny” is punished for any violation of rules or law, saying “aren’t we being a little too severe” or “let’s give him one more chance.”
This “little Johnny” is the cancer that has eaten away at our justice system so that it is just about useless and the citizens simply expect to get away with anything.
We all feel the same way about David Gregory and his high capacity magazine.
Agree or disagree with the treatment of the guy who downloaded the files, one of the key points is the degree of discretion prosecutors have to make your life hell, should they choose to do so, because of the number of laws, and it's entirely up to their discretion.
Screw that. Between Obama care and the EPA laws are being passed so fast it’s impossible to keep up. Soon everyone will be breaking some obscure rule or regulation passed by some faceless unelected bureaucrat. Dig up a stump on your land? so sorry aginst reg 4a612z protecting crabgrass. $250.000.00 fine plus 10 years federal.
Did you read any of Kim Strassels articles on how unnamed officials were going after large Romney donors? I could go on and on....
DH, you must be a person who has never broken a law, or any associated regulation, in your life.
I commend you!! I think.
Ask yourself what the actual damages were and who exactly was damaged by his 'violation',
Companies sue each other all the time in CIVIL court for property such violations. The government up until recently provided and promoted the the judicial system that permits this avenue for justice. In a free society that is how it works -anyone could claim damages BUT they had to prove it in a court of law.
NOW HOWEVER, big daddy government has been bought off by special interests that 'want' things.
You need to wake up BEFORE the enforcer is given your name and he comes to break your leg for not following the 'law'...