Monday, November 22, 2010
Meanwhile - in New York - Chess Players Ticketed
When laws are written, it is for a purpose that most understand.
I believe that is called the "spirit of the law".
Then there's the "letter of the law"; the exact words/wording that determines enforcement, which is no easy task.
If written poorly, there are loopholes, which every good lawyer exploits.
If written poorly, there may be problems like this...
I believe that is called the "spirit of the law".
Then there's the "letter of the law"; the exact words/wording that determines enforcement, which is no easy task.
If written poorly, there are loopholes, which every good lawyer exploits.
If written poorly, there may be problems like this...
Carla Zanoni recently reported at DNAinfo.com:
"A group of seven mild-mannered chess players are due in criminal court next month after police officers from the 34th Precinct issued them summonses for playing their favorite board game in Inwood Hill Park.
The men were ticketed on Oct. 20 for being inside of Emerson Playground, a children's play area off limits to adults unaccompanied by minors. But the men were in an area furnished with stone chess and backgammon tables — separated from the play area by a fence.
'There is a problem in this area with drug dealing, but the police have time to write tickets to people playing chess?' asked Yacahudah Harrison, 48, one of the men who received a summons for 'Fail[ing] to comply with signs.'"
