Amer vs Can justice - one of these things is not like the other

Ok - we live in a wacked out world: 4 year old now facing (civil) liability for riding his tryke on the sidewalk: 4-Year-Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case - NYTimes.com. And then we read a parallel story that no charges filed in Montreal after 3 cyclists hit and killed:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/10/26/cyclists-rougemont-killed.html?ref=rss. Ya, we can certainly debate the merits of each position/story, and yes, often justice is complicated - if not blind - but these two stories, with their radically different results, certainly reinforce the maxim I have noted several times heretofore:
stupid is as stupid does.
Ain't life grand...
peace out
johnny boy