"It's not that bad, just a little bad, so it's OK, Right?"
Wrong! Nobody said it's OK to break the law. THe point is that the circumstances matter with regard to how the infraction should be treated. Again,there is a significant difference betweenthe guy that shoots a deer 30 seconds after the close of shooting hoursand the guy who shoots a deer 8 hours later. Yes, both shot after legal shooting hours and both are in the wrong but it would simply be foolish to argue that both acts are equally wrong and should be punished the same way.