Brickbat: We All Scream

In Italy, the Milan city council is considering a law that would ban the sale of ice cream, pizza, and other takeout food and drinks after 12:30 a.m. on weekdays and 1:30 a.m. on weekends and holidays. The move is aimed at reducing people congregating on the streets and creating noise late at night. The law is particularly unpopular among gelato merchants, who have long sold the treat late at night.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

...and creating noise late at night.

Italians being loud? Now I've heard everything.

[mad.casual]

You no cooka da pizza after 00:30!

[Quicktown Brix]

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a curfew.

[MWAocdoc]

Typical ... government seeks to "discourage" bad behavior by punishing everyone all the time instead of punishing people who make too much noise late at night.

[AT]

Who, hilariously, will CONTINUE to make too much noise at night, while the quiet guy who just wants a midnight snack gets hosed.

It's the same as gun control. The decent law-abiding folks lose out, and the indecent jerks just ignore the law.