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Originally Posted by El conquistador
The question to me is how much of your time are you ready to devote to proving yourself to be "right"? I understand sticking up for the principle of an issue, but is it worth the time? If you can talk to the DA before court, you may be able to get it dropped, but you'll may end up paying cost of court (or it works that way in NC).
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And THAT is exactly why things have gotten as bad as they have. People don't want to go to the trouble of standing up for what is right, so we've been in a slow slide downhill.
Society has become complacent, allowing poltiicians to run the country into the ground, all because the average person is too lazy or too "busy" to stick to principle.
Easier to pay the fine? Yep. Is the $$$ amount of the fine insignificant in the grand scheme of things? Yep. Am I going to pay a fine simply because it's easier than fighting it because fighting it inconveniences me? Hell no.