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Punishment should be proportional with the difficulty of finding the violators and enforcing the statutes. There's far too many instances where people simply g
by cnst 3y ago
Punishment should be proportional with the difficulty of finding the violators and enforcing the statutes.
There's far too many instances where people simply get away with smoking, so, for those instances where solid proof is available that the person did smoke, they should, indeed, be punished for violating other people's right to pollution-free air on their first offence.
Otherwise, these people will simply learn to simply avoid the spots where they could be caught and reprimanded, whilst continuing to create a nuisance elsewhere, entirely defeating the effectiveness of enforcement.
- dfee 3y agoAgree completely. We shouldn’t invest much effort in finding violators or enforcing statutes that prevent no real harm. So rather than introducing the equivalent of chewing gum bans like Singapore did, let’s move on.
- AlexandrB 3y agoIt's fun to pair this up with the article from a day ago about the air pollution over Alberta's oil sands[1]. I wonder what consequence those oil companies will face for violating our "right to pollution-free air". I would be surprised if it's even a (relative small) fine. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39137430 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39137430
- shusfuejdn 3y ago[dead]