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Re:Washington man facing prison after foraging for wild psil... by pstuart on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:44PM (#15051136)
Graffiti is vandalism, i.e., a property crime. Poaching, by definition, is hunting an animal that is restricted for varying reasons, from being a protected species to herd management, etc. It's effectively taking something that doesn't belong to you.

In this case, he did break the law by picking mushrooms where it was specifically prohibited, and it would be reasonable to cite him for that fact.

But it wasn't about theft, it was about the fact that he wanted to ingest a compound which would alter his state of consciousness. That should not be a crime.

Re:Washington man facing prison after foraging for wild psil... by eesmith on Saturday August 19, 2017 @04:46AM (#15052390)
Thank you for agreeing with my point that there are more ways to judge the validity of a law than its ability to protect us.

I list more examples at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15052587 .