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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: Wed, 15 May 2024 11:27:56 -0400
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On 5/14/2024 7:45 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <v20qio$efpl$3@dont-email.me>, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/14/2024 6:24 PM, shawn wrote:
>>> On Tue, 14 May 2024 17:52:31 -0400, 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 [mural] 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.
>>
>> [I think you meant 'mural', as I edited above...]  But why can't the
>> boat be my expression of an idea, e.g., about boats and private yards?
> 
> If you want to make the case that your boat is a sculpture, then sure,
> it's speech, too.

Hell, not even that.  My boat is a statement of pro-boat advocacy...

(Of course, an actual court would tell me to go jump in the lake.)