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I feel like people get too absolutist about this. At the end of the day, people should be free to do what they want as long as it doesn't interfere with anyone
by duped 4y ago
I feel like people get too absolutist about this. At the end of the day, people should be free to do what they want as long as it doesn't interfere with anyone else's freedom to do what they want (aka do unto others, etc).
The problem with "let people do literally whatever they want" with their property is that it infringes on my freedom to live happily/healthily on my property.
If my neighbors blast music until the early hours of the morning and they don't turn it down when asked politely, is it "reprehensible" for me to call the police to enforce my village's noise ordinances? What if they're burning refuse and it spews over into my yard and ventilation? Or if they have an uncovered fire pit close to the property line?
That's not even getting into the long term effects on the community, like if people store or dispose of hazardous waste on their property (we all share the same water table!).
I don't think it's "fundamentally reprehensible." It's part of living in a free society that balances the rights of one against the rights of all.
- beiller 4y agoCould repairing an ev in your driveway run afoul of this? Sounds like yes. Leaking oil into the ground and air conditioning gasses into the atmosphere is already illegal. It sounds like preventing car repair is purely a nefarious regulation, whether it be an attack on rights to repair, or preventing depreciation of some over inflated asset. I would love to explain this away with simple ignorance. If so, let's just repeal this ridiculous regulation.
- duped 4y agoI once worked in an area that had a problem with smokers littering. They put out trash cans and ash trays and heavy fines. No success. They banned smoking within the area. The littering stopped, because it's a lot harder to hide smoking than hide littering. Like another poster said, "this is why we can't have nice things." A few bad actors breaking ordinances that are unenforceable means the ordinances become more strict.
- beiller 4y agoI'm curious how policing the no smoking is somehow easier than policing littering your cig butt. And so what, are the anti smoking police giving smokers tickets while ignoring actual littering of plastic and pollution cause hey, it's impossible? I don't see the problem as solved. But then again I'm being a bit ignorant of your specific situation.