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You’re talking apples and oranges here - public streets are filled with, well, the public, and we have laws against racing and running red lights for that very
by rcurry 7y ago
You’re talking apples and oranges here - public streets are filled with, well, the public, and we have laws against racing and running red lights for that very reason. On the other hand, if you own forty acres in New Mexico and want to blow up an old washing machine with a pound of C4 on a lazy Saturday afternoon, well, more power to ya.
- Someone 7y agoI’m not saying people shouldn’t be able to do that, just that, if society sets rules, they should be followed, and can restrict what you can and cannot do. For example, if you buy that C4, how does it get on your land? If you make it yourself, how do the ingredients get on your land? Is that safe for the public? Does the process produce waste (gases, liquids) that may cause damage to neighbors or the environment? If one of your experiments doesn’t go ‘boom’, do you toss what’s left in the garbage bin, or do you think that should be regulated? Do you make precautions so that playing kids can’t accidentally enter the area? Do you calculate how far parts of that washing machine may get thrown away, to make sure parts don’t end up in your neighbors house?