That doesn't mean the regulations are bad. Just because the food is given free, doesn't mean you are allowed to poison people

I never said the regulations were bad. I just said that the guy closing his service is just one guy. If one person ran a soup kitchen by themselves and -- because of new regulation -- decided it was too onerous, I would say "Thank you for running the soup kitchen as long as you have. Have a well deserved break." I feel the attitude in this thread is "You ran a service by yourself for X years, and now you're finding it too onerous. You must continue running the service, because i said so". This seems like a weak argument.