Apathy Curve: Pumpkin Punishment

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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Pumpkin Punishment

A couple of flat-foots in England are helping make the country uninhabitable for non-criminals:

Police have closed down three young children's Hallowe'en pumpkin stall - because they did not have a traders' licence.

Dad Justin Sanford, 35, helped Robin, seven, Jack, four, and Benjamin, three, set up their stand on a rural road near their home in South Wiltshire. They wanted to raise money to buy costumes to go trick or treating.

But they were shocked when two Police Community Support Officers pulled over and threatened them with a fine if they didn't shut up shop.

Since the police in England aren't allowed to get within five hundred feet of real criminals, they must find other ways to spend their time. Fortunately for them, children are pretty easy targets.

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