[YukisUke]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

No, they rapped their order, refused to move through the line - and then ran off. They were cited (not arrested, mind you. No jail involved, just a citation) LATER in a totally different location after the store reported their license plate number to the police.



Again, they rapped their order, took a bunch of time doing it - then left without paying. Citation is later. I`m sure they had a good laugh and thought they would never get in trouble.



I`m not MMM, but I am fairly sure I share his opinion.

We all agree that what they did was not right, yes? If something like this is not right, then it is wrong. Even if it wasn`t that big of a deal, it is still not right. There are tons of things that aren`t really that big of a deal but which are still wrong.
Normally, when someone does something wrong, there is some kind of punishment involved.

I fail to see how there should be NO punishment even though they did something wrong. I think there is a lot of confusion about the level of punishment they received, which is MAYBE the cause of the shock being shown... But still. They were given a citation, which is a minor fine, ranking somewhere below a parking ticket and somewhere above a verbal warning. No arrests, no jail, etc. This is the same level as having a noisy party and having the police give you a citation for disturbing the peace by keeping people up with the music. It isn`t a death sentence.
They got a minor but official punishment for a minor, but still illegal, action.

Thank you for giving me the rundown on the situation Nyororin. I made a mistake. My bad. But that doesn't mean that society should do things like this all because they rapped their order. It's a harmless joke.