Why is littering against the law? It should be my choice if I want to litter.?

Answer 1

I hope your kidding.

If you want to trash your home, so be it. However, we all live on good ol' mother earth. Why would we want to step all over your trash?

Answer 2

Is Littering Against The Law

Answer 3

I'm really glad you asked this question. Too often people will blindly jump on a bandwagon, then realise that things just got worse for the very animals they were fighting "for". It's to your credit that you are asking questions. Simply put - I don't believe that spay neuter laws would make the situation any better. There are 2 versions of spay/neuter legislation that I have seen. Both horrendous. 1. ALL dogs neutered at 4 months. So we've got the dogs we have now, but that's it. Where do the next generation come from? Answer is - they are imported from somewhere that the ban is not enforced. Any dogs would have to be shipped in. This is a problem because it makes it very difficult for a potential owner to see the conditions that the pups are being raised in. (ie it makes it VERY easy for puppy mills to hide the atrocious conditions their dogs are kept in if people can't see them). It also makes it difficult for the breeder to check the suitability of potential homes for their pups. or.. 2. You must pay a certain amount of money to keep your dog entire. Sounds fair, doesn't it? After all, surely having to pay extra would make the BYBs and puppy millers think twice before breeding. Not so. Whilst there is a demand for pups, somebody will produce them. It would not be difficult to factor in the cost of the extra tax in the cost of the pups. Think about it though, who can most easily absorb that cost? The responsible breeder, who only breeds when they need a dog to fulfil a certain role (and then finds loving homes for the remainder), who just charges enough to recoup some of their costs - or the commercial breeder that churns out pup after pup, is not selective as to who has the dog etc.? All this legislation would do is give an even bigger advantage to the puppy mills. ***************** Mandatory spay/neuter laws would just mean that the puppy mills would take an even bigger slice of the market, and have even greater control over the gene pool than they have now. I think they have too much already. So why are these laws favoured? Sometimes, it's because people don't understand WHY these laws are bad. After all, they've been worded in such a way as to sound great. Other people know exactly what they are doing. The animal rights movement* want (amongst other things) an end to the keeping of pets. A common tactic used is to attack the better breeders. If you can get rid of the ones who care, it's much easier to demonise what's left. Many will deny that's what they are campaigning for (after all, they want the support of dog lovers) and see that dishonesty is the best way to do it. I can't deny that tactic has proven very effective. ***************** * Jennifer T made a great point (as usual) but I disagree with her comment that these people are necessarily extremists. Sadly, wanting an end to the keeping of pets no longer seems extreme.

Answer 4

Haven't you ever heard the song, "This land is your land, this land is my land"? When you litter, you are not littering your property -- you are littering someone else's property, or land that belongs to everyone.

You can litter on property you own -- but if the litter starts causing problems for neighbors (blows onto their property, or rats start breeding in there and going over to other people's houses), then you are responsible, and you can be sued.

It's your choice to buy or get whatever you throw away, so it's also your responsibility to dispose of it properly. If you don't like litter laws, don't buy stuff you have to throw out.

Answer 5

Littering is against the law because it totally trashes the environment around us, and (in case you haven't noticed) we all live in that environment.

By littering you are harming the environment and all the things that live in it. So, if harming someone and/or something is against the law, then so is littering.

Answer 6

you would be an eco criminal

it is not your choice it is a comunal one
in my town the municipality did not have enough money to clean the trash of people like you
it is costly and labor intensive ,this money could have been better used to improve social conditions instead it gets wasted to stop rubbish from becoming a danger to all

in Holland .you would pay imediate high fine just for dropping a candybar wrapper ,or face a jail sentance if you did not pay
and are classified as a social criminal

can i put you on my list as an enemy of the planet ,

just for fun
we are collecting names for the future
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Answer 7

it's not a choice because it harms others. Those kind of things usually are enacted into law. Do we have a choice to kill? Do we have a choice to steal?
Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's [obey the laws]

Answer 8

It's not just you-that's why. If you want to live in a pigsty--go right ahead. But other people don't particularly want to see--or put up with--your garbage. And your "rights" end at your property line.

Answer 9

Because tax payers like me don't want to look at your garbage everywhere.

Answer 10

Because you should clean up after your own lazy behind! Why should I do it?! Don't be such a pig!