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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
I don't usually agree with HarryT, but I wouldn't be opposed to having an account holder responsible if the penalties were restricted to reasonable fines rather than massive fines and criminal sanctions, and provided the person accused had some meaningful way to dispute the claim. Seems like a fairly reasonable compromise.
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That's precisely my point. It's the ludicrous penalties that up the ante for everyone here. Make the punishment fit the crime - a low-level fine for a low-level misdemeanour - and perhaps there will be a greater level of realism in the whole affair.