Roy Marsh, 86 years of Skegness, England, has been fined after local environmental officers cited him for littering when he spat out a piece of beach grass that blew into his mouth during a walk along the shore.
The British rulers are crazed over climate change.
The incident occurred on the Lincolnshire coast, where officers issued the penalty under local anti-littering rules.
There could be more to the case.
The man was initially fined £250, but the penalty was reduced on appeal to £150, or about $190 U.S. Officials classified the act as littering despite the grass originating naturally from the beach environment. Couldn’t they drop it altogether?
The case has drawn attention in the U.K. because of the man’s age and the circumstances surrounding the incident, prompting debate over how strictly environmental enforcement laws should be applied. Local authorities say littering rules are intended to protect public spaces, while critics argue the enforcement in this case was excessive.
Environmental enforcement policies vary across England, with councils authorized to issue on-the-spot fines for actions they determine violate litter regulations.
We have incidents like this in America. For example, the Fish and Wildlife people can get very petty. However, this man claims he only spat out a leaf that blew into his mouth.
The fact that England is becoming more and more authoritarian also makes this incident with an elderly man more concerning.
What kind a despotic cesspit Britain has become. Orwell was a visionary. Damned if I would live in place where I couldn’t walk on the beach without being oppressed by “environmental officers.”
Let’s see? The spit is natural to the environment; the leaf is natural to the environment and would decay. Where is the litter? England has gone insane!!!