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Old Posted Oct 27, 2009, 7:14 PM
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Originally Posted by BCPhil View Post
Can't the city just fine places that are breaking the "spirit" of the law (no pun intended) by being bars instead of restaurants and then let a judge decide. Last time I checked this is a tort society, not a code civil one, we don't need laws mothering every aspect of our lives. It should be a simple mater to bring an offensive restaurant before a judge and let both parties plead their case instead of using draconian methods on everyone to enshrine a principle.
That was my first impression of this new by-law. it seems like a justifable ends but the means to this end is simply asinine.
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