• ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      Because his city told him he has to have the fence. They wouldn’t have done that without a law on the books that says he had to. Politics is governing, and part of that is making laws. Therefores it’s a political statement to technically follow the letter of the law, while disregarding the probable purpose of the law.

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      6 months ago

      It’s kind of malicious compliance. Neighbors were being sticklers about the unsightly boat without the fence, so he complied and had the mural painted, which kind of defeats the purpose of the fence.