I could see if I sought out these illegally parked cars; if I went looking for people parking where they shouldn’t. Then I think some of this criticism might be justified. But I only deal with what I come across in the normal path of my day-to-day life. I don’t “circle the parking lots” or wait around looking for people; if I see a car parked in handicapped parking when I am coming or going to/from a parking lot without a placard or permit, I notice it.
Now I am interpreting this criticism as saying I shouldn’t notice these things. That I should just be willing to turn a blind eye when I see the law being blatantly broken in a way that has a direct impact on my daily life. Now if I notice these things enough, and I notice nothing ever being done, as well as experience the hardships of being deprived of my rightful space because of it, I begin to consider it unacceptable as an aspect of life.
Not only is it law but it’s about common decency. Don’t park in the handicap spots. Is that really a hard thing? Not only is it law but people actually needthose spots and it may be for reasons that have never even occurred to the person breaking the law (such as the extra space for manual and especially electric wheelchairs).
Now when I see this unacceptable thing occurring with regularity everywhere I go, and I also see no one ever doing anything about it, I feel compelled as a human being to address it when I see it. If that means sometimes doing the wrong thing (like blocking the guy in at the gym) or doing the right thing (like calling the police on a habitual offender at the new gym), it always mean doing something. Because apathy is the worst thing. Apathy only breeds more disharmony.
