The consequence is the water is shut off. There is no avoiding that.
The neighbour is PAYING for every drop of water that comes out of the hose. Who uses that water isn’t up to anyone except the neighbour since he owns the water he paid for.
Any other interpretation of property rights is due to people trying to punish the poor for their poverty.
I got the same response when I was helping a neighbor who needed electric repairs and had to shut off all of his power for a week. A cop saw an extension cord running between our very close homes and at least he warned us to disconnect immediately and if they saw it again they’d shut off our power.
Oh man I work with a food pantry that serves a weekly free meal and we’ve been trying to get a commercial fire suppression system for many months now. The county and township have been making it as difficult and slow as possible. And really expensive.
They put people from food not bombs on trial in Houston not long ago. The jury came back with a non guilty verdict because the law is fucking stupid and feeding hungry people is always good.
There was a similar case where they couldn’t even get to a trial because almost every single potential juror disqualified themselves immediately when they heard what the charges were by stating they would not uphold that law (the court only want people on the jury who will plausible apply the law “neutrally”)
“I am pro every law. Please put me on this jury so I can do my duty. No, I have never heard of jury nullification. Fuck the homeless, am I right your honor?” - me desperately trying to get on this jury
Those making the money off of our basic needs also own the politicians “working for the people” (via “lobbying”, aka bribery), so they essentially make the rules for themselves, and they don’t like “competition”, simple.
Confused on how letting someone else use your water can be illegal.
I’d assume the excuse is “multiple households using one tap would strain it” or something??
If the tap can handle the functionality it was made for it would be a disservice not to use it
I’d guess they’re saying that the person using water from the hose is avoiding the consequences of non payment while they still owe money.
The consequence is the water is shut off. There is no avoiding that.
The neighbour is PAYING for every drop of water that comes out of the hose. Who uses that water isn’t up to anyone except the neighbour since he owns the water he paid for.
Any other interpretation of property rights is due to people trying to punish the poor for their poverty.
I don’t disagree with you at all. I’m just pointing out the logic of the people who made the laws and those enforcing them.
Yes I know but if the police are doing it there’s gotta be a law and that law presumably had some discussion.
I got the same response when I was helping a neighbor who needed electric repairs and had to shut off all of his power for a week. A cop saw an extension cord running between our very close homes and at least he warned us to disconnect immediately and if they saw it again they’d shut off our power.
Why would they shut off your power? You’d be paying for the extra power being delivered to you, right? Why would they care what you did with it?
And regardless, that’s a far cry from it being illegal.
there’s the Florida man who’s been repeatedly arrested for feeding the homeless …
Oh man I work with a food pantry that serves a weekly free meal and we’ve been trying to get a commercial fire suppression system for many months now. The county and township have been making it as difficult and slow as possible. And really expensive.
They put people from food not bombs on trial in Houston not long ago. The jury came back with a non guilty verdict because the law is fucking stupid and feeding hungry people is always good.
Jury nullification for the win.
There was a similar case where they couldn’t even get to a trial because almost every single potential juror disqualified themselves immediately when they heard what the charges were by stating they would not uphold that law (the court only want people on the jury who will plausible apply the law “neutrally”)
“I am pro every law. Please put me on this jury so I can do my duty. No, I have never heard of jury nullification. Fuck the homeless, am I right your honor?” - me desperately trying to get on this jury
Hide the cable
Those making the money off of our basic needs also own the politicians “working for the people” (via “lobbying”, aka bribery), so they essentially make the rules for themselves, and they don’t like “competition”, simple.