Comment Re:Rachel is cool (Score 1) 563
You are 80% right. I Just thought I would add to this thought. Following the link provided in the original post to findlaw.com http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/nycodes/c5/a6.html we find that "Transaction Scan" is defined as:
(c) "Transaction scan" means the process involving a device capable of deciphering any electronically readable format by which a licensee, or agent or employee of a licensee under this chapter reviews a driver`s license or non-driver identification card presented as a precondition for the purchase of an alcoholic beverage as required by subdivision two of this section or as a precondition for admission to an establishment licensed for the on-premises sale of alcoholic beverages where admission is restricted to persons twenty-one years or older.
Emphasis...mine
From this we can see that the "Transaction Scan" in this case was Rachel visually inspecting the ID (as it is her job to do) and recognizing it as a fake. A digital transaction scan would have had like results. I think most people caught in a situation of using a fake ID would fear the law more so than a bit of ridicule from an unknown (previously) blogger/artist/barkeep. The fact that this seems to be more important to them than admitting the creation of or contracting the creation of fake identification tells me that what Rachel is doing will be far more effective in deterring Ms Hyman in the future than a fine would. If someone is stupid enough to use his/her real name and give real, googleable life details when caught using a fake ID...they deserve some public humiliation. Put them in the stocks, I say.
(c) "Transaction scan" means the process involving a device capable of deciphering any electronically readable format by which a licensee, or agent or employee of a licensee under this chapter reviews a driver`s license or non-driver identification card presented as a precondition for the purchase of an alcoholic beverage as required by subdivision two of this section or as a precondition for admission to an establishment licensed for the on-premises sale of alcoholic beverages where admission is restricted to persons twenty-one years or older.
Emphasis...mine
From this we can see that the "Transaction Scan" in this case was Rachel visually inspecting the ID (as it is her job to do) and recognizing it as a fake. A digital transaction scan would have had like results. I think most people caught in a situation of using a fake ID would fear the law more so than a bit of ridicule from an unknown (previously) blogger/artist/barkeep. The fact that this seems to be more important to them than admitting the creation of or contracting the creation of fake identification tells me that what Rachel is doing will be far more effective in deterring Ms Hyman in the future than a fine would. If someone is stupid enough to use his/her real name and give real, googleable life details when caught using a fake ID...they deserve some public humiliation. Put them in the stocks, I say.
