Just because everyone does it makes it ok?
You responded within 30 seconds. Did you even read the article?
Normally the idea is to read the article so you don't sound like a raging retard. It's a 30 year old mother with two children. Does the best solution sound like draining her bank account so that not only does she suffer, but her children do too? Now she can't put dinner on the table for her kids? Suddenly her kids are
going to
need financial aid for college?
You got in trouble for underage drinking. Why do you drink underage? Because you think it's OK? Because you have a blatant disregard for the law? When you got in trouble, you should have known that you were going to get in trouble. Why didn't you just plead guilty?
Same kind of situation here. Stupid law, overly harsh punishment.