Boy, 9, creates library in his front yard. City, stupid, shuts it down.

Re:Boy, 9, creates library in his front yard. City, stupid, ... by kteofanidis on Friday June 20, 2014 @03:19AM (#7919816)

The rule of law is a great thing. It's a shame when short sighted people enforce the letter instead of the spirit of the law as that undermines order in the long term.

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Re:Boy, 9, creates library in his front yard. City, stupid, ... by hitchhiker999 on Friday June 20, 2014 @03:32AM (#7919846)

Humanity is a great thing. Laws are simplified ideas, that can be both helpful or oppressive.

Small minded people are generally attracted to this kind of power, so we get far too much of the later.

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Re:Boy, 9, creates library in his front yard. City, stupid, ... by tzs on Friday June 20, 2014 @03:51AM (#7919885)

What is the spirit of the law in this case?

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Re:Boy, 9, creates library in his front yard. City, stupid, ... by m_t on Friday June 20, 2014 @10:42AM (#7920867)

Probably something along the lines of "Do not build dangerous things in your yard, were they could fall on people passing by. Also no ugly stuff." Which could or could not be relevant toward that bookshelf.

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