tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210655.post7476539678092875519..comments2024-03-27T14:28:47.542-05:00Comments on Wha' Happen?: Hassling Photographers Robert Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832011160514073833noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210655.post-64633189542116714352009-06-05T08:48:50.624-05:002009-06-05T08:48:50.624-05:00Yeah I heard about that beach law. It looks like i...Yeah I heard about that beach law. It looks like it will be vetoed (I hope so). (When I lived in Connecticut, there were hardly any public beaches--the longest public beach in the state was in my town, West Haven, and it was only about two miles long. So when I would tell my friends that in the heart of perhaps the most property-rights friendly state in the union, Texas, that ALL ocean beaches Robert Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832011160514073833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210655.post-56520312851923863612009-06-05T08:16:27.928-05:002009-06-05T08:16:27.928-05:00"...and obeying the law is something folks sh..."...and obeying the law is something folks should do."<br /><br />Commendable, Boyd. Very. Personally, I ignore the hell out of any law I find inconvenient. I think my code of conduct is adequate, no, superior, to the vast majority of the laws the gang of incompetent (if not actively evil) law-makers demand that we obey.<br /><br />For example, look at the one the Texas lege slipped in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210655.post-84058357824925078112009-06-02T06:49:31.681-05:002009-06-02T06:49:31.681-05:00True, and it continues even after you are found "g...True, and it continues even after you are found "guilty," as the spate of exonerations in Texas and elsewhere reveal. But in small ways the tide is turning. The mere fact that Nick was willing to force them to take him to court shows that some citizens are willing fight back against injustice.<br /><br />Police are a totally necessary part of society, and obeying the law is something folks should Robert Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832011160514073833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210655.post-83691825762065456792009-06-02T06:22:54.557-05:002009-06-02T06:22:54.557-05:00This cop I know once told me, "You might beat the ...This cop I know once told me, "You might beat the rap but you can't beat the ride."<br /><br />Meaning, in one way, they can do whatever they like. The penalty will be the humongous hassle. Which you'll go through even if you are found not guilty. Finally.<br /><br />jdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com