G Henslee wrote:
Vox Humana wrote:

"Tiny Human Ferret" wrote in message
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Vox Humana wrote:

"Warren" wrote in message
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Bringing the retaining wall into this shows
that you guys live in gated communities or
similar lala lands. You'd fear to come into
this part of town. Your standards are
irrelevant.



That's an awfully prejudicial remark.




It always comes down to this. I'm surprised that the thread lasted
this
long without personal insults or the inclusion of the term "Mc
Mansion."


But looking at the photo at http://cpacker.org/a3.jpg I would have to
say that it does look about half reverted to the wild. Then again, I'm
pretty old-school northern-euro in my aesthetics of a "well kept yard".



Oh, I agree. I think there are several issues here. First, there is the
law. I detect that the primary issue isn't the yard, but whether code
enforcement is valid function of government. I do think it is. The
second
issue is that when you post pictures to Usenet, you will get a complete
spectrum of opinions and therefore, you can't get ****ed off when people
tell you what they really think.



Ole Parker's just chest thumpin'. Take a look at his webpage. You'll
get a better picture of his 'conspiracy behind every rock' mentality.
It's his right to do whatever and do it whenever he pleases on his
property by gawd! Screw the law and the neighbors!

Oh, it goes farther than that. After 9/11, the Feds started putting up
barriers around a lot of real-estate. Mr Packer decided that it would be
entertaining and enlightening to go around town taking pictures of the
security barriers and the terrain they protected, and putting said
pictures on the WWW, and then pointing said global InterNet to said WWW
pages, via postings to UseNet.

This wasn't well-received.


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The incapacity of a weak and distracted government may
often assume the appearance, and produce the effects,
of a treasonable correspondence with the public enemy.
--Gibbon, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
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