Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Man strikes back against Seaside California order with boat mural Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 18:24:52 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 00:24:53 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5b20d53b5f4107b74ecbfe8535e4987f"; logging-data="456883"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1858OrIeIJrkFOPYGqOxRhlAww940iHT1I=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:qhwmKKvhZg7aK71haL/gT0Alnho= Bytes: 2826 On Tue, 14 May 2024 17:52:31 -0400, moviePig wrote: >On 5/14/2024 1:42 AM, BTR1701 wrote: >> In article , >> "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: >> >>> BTR1701 wrote: >>>> Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>> >>>>> I'm guessing that Seaside California is on the ocean and lots of >>>>> residents own boats? >>> >>>>> 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. >>> >>>>> He built the fence then painted a realistic mural of a boat on the >>>>> fence. >>> >>>> I'm glad to see Wile E. Coyote has retired to a bungalow in Burbank and >>>> is now living his best life. >>> >>>>> 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 >>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> Good luck with trying to pound that clue through moviePig's thick skull. >> >> I've already set the nail and given it a few blows but, as usual, it >> doesn't seem to be taking. > >Perhaps you can explain why the mural is "speech" but the boat isn't. > The boat is an expression of an idea, hence speech, while the boat is just a physical object. Though I likely would went with one of those digital images that you can have printed out. Since it's easier and quicker to take the photo and then send the image to a place that can print it out.