Re: Man strikes back against Seaside California order with boat mural

On 5/14/24 5:18 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

In article <v20mev$dci5$3@dont-email.me>, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
wrote:
 

On 5/14/2024 1:42 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

In article <v1unia$3us0e$2@dont-email.me>,
   "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

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I'm guessing that Seaside California is on the ocean and lots of
residents own boats?

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A man had his boat on his property. He was told that municipal code
required him to install a 6 foot tall fence around it to comply with
code.

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He built the fence then painted a realistic mural of a boat on the
fence.

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I'm glad to see Wile E. Coyote has retired to a bungalow in Burbank and
is now living his best life.

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Man strikes back against Seaside order with boat mural
by Torstein Rehn
KSBW-TV News Channel 8
Updated: 1:22 PM PDT May 13, 2024

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The great thing is that unlike the actual boat, the mural is speech,
which severely limits the government's ability to do anything about it.

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Good luck with trying to pound that clue through moviePig's thick skull.

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I've already set the nail and given it a few blows but, as usual, it
doesn't seem to be taking.

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Perhaps you can explain why the mural is "speech" but the boat isn't.

 The same reason WAR AND PEACE and Beethoven's ODE TO JOY are speech and
the boat isn't.

This is so confused and stupid I actually feel sorry for you.  In actuality the car is speech twice over: a person "makes a statement" with the vehicle he or she purchases, whether it be a Rolls, a Porsche or a Ford Pinto.  And like Beethoven or Tolstoy, the creator of something is also making a statement with something created, so the design team of the boat is making a statement with the type of boat they put on the market.  These are very simple concepts so I'm not surprised you fucked them up royally.