Re:Five arrests in 'fully loaded' Kodi streaming box raids
by praneshp on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @01:30PM
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I'm think simultaneously improving pedestrian facilities while making penalties on jaywalking harsh is an okay idea, especially if the goal is 100% compliance.
Re:Five arrests in 'fully loaded' Kodi streaming box raids
by thatcat on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @01:47PM
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What if you just noticed that there are already tunnels under all the roads?
Is it then immoral to walk under the road when some people interpret that as technically jay walking even though you're not directly effecting anyone in the way that the law assumes you will?
Re:Five arrests in 'fully loaded' Kodi streaming box raids
by Crespyl on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @04:41PM
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It's a bad analogy but I'll try to play along:
The tunnels are private property, with a sign saying "Private Property - Do Not Enter", and nothing gives you the inherent right to use them.
For example jay-walking is wrong because it's dangerous but many people do it anyway and it's not generally villianized. So then is the solution having police patrols in the streets fining/arresting people as a deterance? Will that reduce the problem and legitimately help both pedestrians and drivers? Or will educating people on the risks, creating alternatives such as adding more crossing points, improving cars ability to detect pedestrians, etc, etc, be a better solution?
Not everything is black or white, good or bad.