I like to eat really fresh meat, so I raise chickens in my apartment. (free-apartment chickens). Then when I get hungry, I look over the flock and pick one out to be my dinner.
Whether it's chickens, pigs, goats, or anything else -- do not give up your RIGHT TO SLAUGHTER, at least on private property. The neighbors I have left put up a stink about this, but it's none of their business. -David Shove Roseville On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Victoria Heller wrote: > > Whether it's leaves, smoke, hot air, or anything else -- do not give up your > RIGHT TO BLOW, at least on private property. > > Without thinking about consequences, Minneapolis is gaining momentum as it > slides down that slippery slope towards tyranny. > > If government can "regulate" conduct on private property, what's to keep it > out of your bedroom? Based on my own fading memories, bedrooms are far > riskier than bars. Bedroom conduct has become a major health issue, > generating incredible public cost. > > ....and blowing leaves for a few minutes each week, one or two months each > year, is hardly worth regulating. This sort of government interference is > precisely what earns Minneapolis its cartoon character reputation. > [Residents who find themselves annoyed by occasional leaf blowing should buy > some Toro stock and move to Little Falls.] > > ....and for those who completely missed American history in school, here are > a few comments on the subject from our predecessors: > > "There is no freedom on earth or in any star for those who deny freedom to > others." -- Elbert Hubbard(1856-1915) > > "But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an > industrial society, the plethora of laws made for our personal safety > convert the land into a nursery, and policemen hired to protect us become > self-serving busybodies." -- Alan Watts (1915-1973) > > "All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it > anyhow." -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) > > Vicky Heller > North Oaks and Cedar-Riverside > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL > PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
