14 yr old gets busted for lemonade stand..(w.t.f)

[BlueStar]

Of course it sets a precedent. It also moves into the territory of cops enforcing laws against certain types of people and not others, based on how those groups are seen by society. Is that a good route to go down?

 

[AlanJohn]

I didn't get mad on the state because of this...
I got mad when I saw the prices for a ticket to the water park!
27$ !!!

 

[Shinigami357]

Hm... I don't think you get it. Seriously, how the law handles minors is different from how they handle everything else. That's the only precedent here - everyone [minors included] aren't allowed to set up their own [temporary] businesses regarding food without permits. The fact that some people are going "poor children" is due to the fact that they were children. People just react differently when it's children that's the focus of the story. I don't see any precedents there.

 

[ProtoKun7]

*waits for Minstrels to be renamed after a claim of racial insensitivity*

It's lemonade, not some lethal poison you moron. The law is meant to squeeze as much cash out of anyone it can

Pun intended?

 

[BlueStar]

Wonder if the same logic would be applied if it was poor Romany gypsy children selling heather.

 

[thela_kid]

we should make this a poll

 

[BlueStar]

Wonder if the same logic would be applied if it was poor Romany gypsy children selling heather.

Just to expand on this (was just a quick reply before I got off the bus) there's a peculiar quirk of human nature where if you want someone to give you something, the best thing you can do is convince them you don't really need it. I saw an experiment where they got the same guy to go to the same Burger King and tell the same story in the same voice - that he'd bought a burger there yesterday, when he got on the train the bun was hard and he couldn't eat it. When he went in dressed as a smart businessman who could easily have just bought another burger, they gave him a free burger. When he went in looking dishevelled and hungry, they said they couldn't help him. That's also why you're more likely to give 50p to a middle class woman who doesn't have change for her twenty to buy a train ticket than you are to give 20p to a homeless guy who wants some food.

Likewise, while people will be delighted to see a permitless lemonade stall (complete with backwards S) by the roadside in their neighbourhood manned by some suburban kids who want to go to a waterpark, I doubt they'd be as happy if it was some kids selling gum so they could afford food. And I doubt the latter group would have as much sympathy if they were moved on by the police as these kids have, what with the "Oh no, they can't go to the waterpark, they'll have to go and play on their Xbox instead"

This is why you take an attitude of applying the law to everyone, even people who would be let off if it was up to a vote thanks to being adorable or otherwise viewed kindly by society. Start with the "Oh, but they're just cute kids" and you quickly end up with a two-tier justice system.

 

[Blaze163]

Wow....

That's kinda pants-on-head, don't you think?

Spoiler

Although it is good to know that if I ever have to fight the law, I won't actually need to do anything. They're perfectly capable of slipping over and braining themselves on their own truncheons without any help from me.

I fought the law and...the law beat itself up. Doesn't quite fit the rhythm of the music but it's more accurate.

 

[Sterling]

I understand that this is the law, but I myself did this when I was 12. I even had a couple police officers come by and buy a glass. These sort of things are looked past. I got maybe 70 dollars in two days. That isn't alot. When I had my lawn mowing business I was making 25 dollars for 45 minutes of work. Neither were registered businesses, and neither were busted. These sort of things have been attempted on a regular basis since the 60s or probably less. My parents did it, their parents did it and so on. I think this is ridiculous myself, even if it is the law.

 

[Hells Malice]

The whole "it's the law, he was doing his job" debate was dead and obsolete from the beginning. The officer wasn't justifiably using his power as a law enforcer to bring forth a better America, he was bullying some kids who wanted to go to a water park.

You're damn right they get treated different because they're kids. What exactly do you expect them to do at that age? There isn't a whole hell of a lot some kids can do to earn money.

A little lemonade stand won't put Walmart out of business, and the government wont be making any money off of it. So let them be. There's not a damn thing wrong with some kids taking the initiative to earn some money for themselves. Frankly, it should be encouraged. We wouldn't have so many spoiled, lazy morons if the kids actually trying to DO something for themselves weren't being oppressed so pointlessly.

 

[Nujui]

Just let the kid have a lemonade stand.

Like it's gonna hurt crap for someone to sell lemonade, especially a 14 year old, come on use you're common sense.

 

[Densetsu]

It would be cool if their waterpark sees all this and just gives the girls tickets.

This would be a heartwarming article to balance out the calloused asshole of a cop who was "just doing his job."

I've heard cops complain about being spread out thin and they don't have enough manpower to do get things done...it's because stupid pigs are shutting down lemonade stands when their dumb asses should be out there stopping real crimes.

 

[KingVamp]

$27 for a children's ticket? Ladies and gentlemen that's the real criminal offence in this tale.

Why is yard work not look over?

"Sorry,but we have to shut the yard work down. We don't know where or what you going to do with the
yard supplies. We don't know who they belong to. Don't know what you going to do with the money.
You can chop up people and people belongings, but if you pay 3-4 times the amount for permits that are higher than you goal to go to the water park, we will let you keep working."

Serious tho, barely idk what to say. Just that is a ridiculous amount of money to keep up a lemonade stand.

QUOTE(BryceOne @ Jul 16 2011, 01:41 PM) It would be cool if their waterpark sees all this and just gives the girls tickets.

This would be a heartwarming article to balance out the calloused asshole of a cop who was "just doing his job."

I've heard cops complain about being spread out thin and they don't have enough manpower to do get things done...it's because stupid pigs are shutting down lemonade stands when their dumb asses should be out there stopping real crimes.

Yea, real criminals like the ones that charge $27 for a children's ticket.

So if I read right, they are not getting busted for healthy reasons,but except for not having a permit?

Isn't it something wrong there?

A permit = automatic it's safe?

 

[ferofax]

...wait, so 10 year old kids are expected to shell out $50 for a lemon stand permit? wow, that's just really fucked up.

 

[zeromac]

...wait, so 10 year old kids are expected to shell out $50 for a lemon stand permit? wow, that's just really fucked up.

14 year old girls

 

[Fluto]

The Police were jealous since the kids were making more money than them

 

[BlueStar]

Like I say, as long as poor kids/teens selling gum and bottled water to feed themselves get the same support as kids who want money for the waterpark, which I very much doubt. Which is why the law should apply to everyone.

 

[shyam513]

It's lemonade, for heaven's sake. all this stuff about "health threats", I agree with the woman in the video - do they really have nothing better to do?

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I think the better question is why the fuck a 14 year old would run a lemonade stand. At that age you may be able to get a job or just ask for an allowance. When I was 14 I basically waited until my birthday and Christmas for whatever cash I needed.

 

[_Chaz_]

Come on, people, get real.

The 10 year olds were obviously using the lemonade stand as a way to form their business skills and fund a trip to the water park in the process cover for their underground drug trade operation! It's so clear just reading about it.
The police did the right thing and I think they should get medals for doing such a great job crushing those children's futures in showing initiative and becoming independent members of society shutting down a large portion of the city's drug trade.