3 ms·

> Nobody was hurt First: You don't know that. In fact the neighbours would disagree. Second: laws are intended to be preventative. Some of them are to prevent

> Nobody was hurt First: You don't know that. In fact the neighbours would disagree. Second: laws are intended to be preventative. Some of them are to prevent the bad outcome (manslaughter is illegal), some of them to prevent things that commonly lead to a bad outcome (campfires in my bedroom are illegal). If I build a campfire in my room and this time it doesn't destroy my building, that doesn't excuse me in law or ethics. I still did a dangerous thing, knowingly and recklessly. > There will be fines involved, because NYC wants their cut of the profits. There are fines involved because NYC operates, even its own gloriously half-arsed way, under the rule of law.

jimrhods23 8y ago
"First: You don't know that. In fact the neighbours would disagree." You don't know either. So I guess we are both speculating. "Second: laws are intended to be preventative. " Do you agree with all laws on the books? I sure don't. "I build a campfire in my room and this time it doesn't destroy my building, that doesn't excuse me in law or ethics. I still did a dangerous thing, knowingly and recklessly." Can you explain to me how having a legitimate business where nobody was scammed and the outcome was a happy customer is reckless? In addition to this, there were multiple jobs added to the economy as a result of their business venture. "There are fines involved because NYC operates, even its own gloriously half-arsed way, under the rule of law." The hotel lobby has lots of influence in NYC. It's a very similar situation to the taxicab unions. Some laws should be bent and broken..because they need to be changed.