Don't try and fight City Hall.  You can't win. 
    I talked to a Justice of the Peace today about a reduction in my parking ticket that I received for parking in front of my house.  I can get a free permit to park there, I just haven't found the time to do so yet.  Anyways, I may be wrong but I feel that it's a little unfair that I have to pay four parking tickets for parking in front of my house.  My only crime is laziness.  I am allowed to park out front, I just don't have the documentation to prove it. 
    The Justice of the Peace disagreed with me.  She lowered my fine but the manner that she treated me in really went against the grain.  I felt like she considered me a chronic felon.  She didn't really listen to my arguments, I think she had predjudice as soon as she saw the multiple tickets.  Maybe I am wrong, but I was so angry when I left the courts today.  I felt like I was pushing against a glacier.  There really wasn't anything that I could do to stop the flow of "justice"  
    The thing that really bugs me is that the JP has already forgotten me but I am still in a really foul mood.  This ticket fiasco has had me stressed out for a over a month and then it all compounded today.  Even now hours later I am still really angry.  Little things have been pissing me off all night.  I know that I can't really let the JP know how angry I am.  I have a plan though.
     I would like to write a letter to the JP.  I would be really polite and just let her know that I really didn't like the way I was treated.  Then I would find out where she lives and send the letter to her house.  I think that would get my point across.  Generally speaking, judges don't like when angry defendents know where they live.  However, Calvin tells me that I would get in big trouble for this.  He's probably right.  I don't know that it's an offense to find out where JP's live, but it might be. 
    I did learn a few things from this though.
     1. Sometimes the Man wins.
     2. There is a reason that the JP's have unlisted numbers.  I didn't really want to write a polite complaint letter.  I really wanted to smash ever window of her house and set fire to her pets.  And I am not somebody prone to anger.
     3. The Law and those who uphold it is about as flexible as steel.
     4.  I should probably get a permit although now I really don't want to if only as a form of rebellion.
     5.  Every form of rebelling against the courts hurts me while not really doing anything to the courts.
     6.  Despite what those motivational speakers tell you, some things you can't beat.  Like the Law.  I'll bet that fighting the Law is like fighting death, no matter how hard you try, you're going to lose.