Re: curious about the vote

["Troy Merrill" <troy1@moscow.com>]

Despite your apparent dislike of building codes, zoning and other government
restrictions on the use of property you seem, from previous posts, to be
saying that dictating how a person can dress on their property is a
legitimate government action.

Have I misunderstood you?

Troy Merrill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Courtney" <dmcourtn@moscow.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 3:47 PM
Subject: RE: curious about the vote


> > There are a *lot* of things that "sweep onto private
> > property". A couple
> > > are not allowed to copulate on their front yard in plain view just
> > > because it is private property.
> >
> > I reply:
> >
> > Are you suggesting that the community has a legitimate
> > interest in curtailing private property rights?  If so where
> > is the line between legitimate interest and coersion?
>
> ROTFL!  You have *got* to be kidding me? We haven't had private property
> rights in 50 years!
>
> Tell me, can you make an addition to your house without getting the
> government's permission?  I know people who have had the county come out
> and stop them putting a *deck* on their house.
>
> You call *that* private property rights?
>
> I'm willing to discuss *real* private property rights, when we're ready
> to discuss getting past the absurd laws that we currently have that say
> we have no "rights" already.
>
> You hit a nerve...
>
> Dale Courtney
> Moscow, Idaho
> Free to be me, free to be you (as long as you agree with Tom...)
>
>