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The real reason is that you drinking a beer is easy to deal with at every level of escalation. The homeless using drugs in the street are not.
by colechristensen 3y ago
The real reason is that you drinking a beer is easy to deal with at every level of escalation.
The homeless using drugs in the street are not.
- genter 3y agoSame reason normal, middle class people in decent vehicles get pulled over for expired tags or burnt out brake lights, yet the shit boxes with 3 tires and a plastic bag for a windshield keep on rolling.
- steelframe 3y agoOne is likely to provide revenue to the local government. The other isn't.
- nilamo 3y agoRevenue? I thought the goal was public safety...
- thaumasiotes 3y agoWhy did you think that?
- seattle_spring 3y agoHa! I actually let out a huge laugh when I read that. Good one.
- trafficante 3y agoIf this wasn’t a cynical joke, I sincerely beg you to cover your eyes, plug your ears, and never again ask how the sausage is made. The older I get, the more I can empathize with Cypher from the first Matrix movie. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.
- busterarm 3y agoLOL. We actually have strong evidence that vehicle safety inspections do absolutely nothing to reduce accident rates and that's why 13 US states don't do them.
- hugocbp 3y agoAnd yet, my level of danger to society is also close to zero. This happened with me right after they reverted the pandemic decision to allow alcohol there and I didn't know. I was drinking in good faith like I did for several months when they allowed it during lockdown. Still, it is very frustrating that the beer would warrant a couple of park rangers to approach and enforce, while just a few meters away someone was doing hard drugs visibly completely out of their minds and screaming at passer byes.
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