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Let's see if there's anything different about this loss than the last ones. So far he's ignored judgements against him and the gates have remained locked. Won

Let's see if there's anything different about this loss than the last ones. So far he's ignored judgements against him and the gates have remained locked. Wonder why a judge hasn't sent a sheriff out to cut the locks off yet?

stephenhuey 9y ago
Would a flashmob be legally allowed to storm the gate? Ladders and all, just like in the good ol' days when people needed to bust into a castle...
mikestew 9y ago
As alluded to in my other comment, I wonder why folks aren’t doing it themselves. He is probably using something better than he MasterLock you put on a garden shed, but an acetylene torch packs small if bolt cutters won’t do it. In the worst case, fine, I’ll bring the generator and you bring the plasma cutter. EDIT: wait a minute, this is the gate? http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/12/11/martins-beach-khosla-accused-of-defying-judges-order-keeping-gate-to-beach-locked/ http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/12/11/martins-beach-khosla-a... One could have that whole thing in pieces in about ten minutes with a torch. There’s something I’m missing (like guards towers and German Shepherds), because I can’t be the only person on the West Coast thinking “oh, you just try and keep that gate standing; acetylene refills are cheap.”
- avn2109 9y ago
  Looks like you could just dismantle it with a pipe wrench or two.
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- pasbesoin 9y ago
  Just at a guess, I guess what is "missing" is the private security, and the private legal representation, both paid handsomely to deploy various degrees of "fuck you up" upon command. Even if you are "in the right", as a normal citizen, it's kind of hard to take a beating -- physical or legal. Which, in both cases, also means financial -- against very deep pockets. P.S. Kholsa's position is simple the modern, tech baron version of "might is right". Nothing new in that. Laws and rights have always been "for sale" to varying degrees. Which is why some people support stronger public institutions, as a counter-measure to outsized private power. P.P.S. And one of the essential tricks in THAT, is to keep those public institutions accountable.

stephenhuey 9y ago

Would a flashmob be legally allowed to storm the gate? Ladders and all, just like in the good ol' days when people needed to bust into a castle...

mikestew 9y ago

As alluded to in my other comment, I wonder why folks aren’t doing it themselves. He is probably using something better than he MasterLock you put on a garden shed, but an acetylene torch packs small if bolt cutters won’t do it. In the worst case, fine, I’ll bring the generator and you bring the plasma cutter. EDIT: wait a minute, this is the gate? http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/12/11/martins-beach-khosla-accused-of-defying-judges-order-keeping-gate-to-beach-locked/ http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/12/11/martins-beach-khosla-a... One could have that whole thing in pieces in about ten minutes with a torch. There’s something I’m missing (like guards towers and German Shepherds), because I can’t be the only person on the West Coast thinking “oh, you just try and keep that gate standing; acetylene refills are cheap.”

avn2109 9y ago
Looks like you could just dismantle it with a pipe wrench or two.
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pasbesoin 9y ago
Just at a guess, I guess what is "missing" is the private security, and the private legal representation, both paid handsomely to deploy various degrees of "fuck you up" upon command. Even if you are "in the right", as a normal citizen, it's kind of hard to take a beating -- physical or legal. Which, in both cases, also means financial -- against very deep pockets. P.S. Kholsa's position is simple the modern, tech baron version of "might is right". Nothing new in that. Laws and rights have always been "for sale" to varying degrees. Which is why some people support stronger public institutions, as a counter-measure to outsized private power. P.P.S. And one of the essential tricks in THAT, is to keep those public institutions accountable.