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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: Man strikes back against Seaside California order with boat mural
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 18:58:56 -0400
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On 5/14/2024 6:18 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:
>>>
>>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> 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 same reason WAR AND PEACE and Beethoven's ODE TO JOY are speech and
> the boat isn't.

Oh, but the boat is my symbol of protest against neighborhood thugs...