>> As soon as he started scuffing the line I was screaming "*No!!!!*" in my head. <<
Yeah, me too, but ...
>> You'd think somebody studying that sort of thing would know better. *sigh* Kids these days... <<
... this was inspired partly by my college experiences, and I have cleaned up after a professor doing something even dumber. It's not just the kids.
*sigh* Hydrogen and stupidity.
>> Y'know, I think the kid might have been able to get out of the ticket (before he messed up) by claiming religious/spiritual practices.<<
In theory, yes. In practice, not without winning a case in court. You get only the "rights" you can defend with force.
Of course, that's the law itself. A cop who was already predisposed to be lenient might well have accepted that argument -- if it was a sincerely held belief. For a class? Iffy. For a class + "How can I make up for the mistake?" ... probably.
It'll be interesting to see how they work out their differences, because those two are stuck with each other for the foreseeable future.
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Date: 2018-12-12 08:12 am (UTC)Yeah, me too, but ...
>> You'd think somebody studying that sort of thing would know better. *sigh* Kids these days... <<
... this was inspired partly by my college experiences, and I have cleaned up after a professor doing something even dumber. It's not just the kids.
*sigh* Hydrogen and stupidity.
>> Y'know, I think the kid might have been able to get out of the ticket (before he messed up) by claiming religious/spiritual practices.<<
In theory, yes. In practice, not without winning a case in court. You get only the "rights" you can defend with force.
Of course, that's the law itself. A cop who was already predisposed to be lenient might well have accepted that argument -- if it was a sincerely held belief. For a class? Iffy. For a class + "How can I make up for the mistake?" ... probably.
It'll be interesting to see how they work out their differences, because those two are stuck with each other for the foreseeable future.