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she should just do it anyways. it's easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

• noonespecial 18y ago
  Except that apparently, forgiveness costs $500/day.
  • jrockway 18y ago
    And if she doesn't pay? (The answer is: she gets in legal trouble, and the issue goes to a real court, with the possibility of appeals. Will three judges really think she can't use the water that lands on her roof?)
    • noonespecial 18y ago
      Will it cost her $350,000 to get that far?
    • anamax 18y ago
      > Will three judges really think she can't use the water that lands on her roof? Odds are, yes. What other laws do you want judges to ignore? On what basis? What are the odds that they'll only ignore the laws that you think that they should?
      • jrockway 18y ago
        It's a matter of correcting the faulty science that led to the current decision. If using water from your roof really deprived the "rights holders" of their water, then that's one thing. But it seems that that's not the case, even though that's what officials are telling her. (Courts decide facts, not laws.)