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Originally Posted by jaydorn
One last gem from @lonnietaylor on twitter who as usual is the smartest guy in #YYC
@lonnietaylor
Cutting trees to have a better view through public land and assuming you can use private property to beautify is the same thing.
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You know why it's actually different than cutting down trees? Because they didn't cut any trees down.
I love the faux-outrage over this non-issue. Some woman planted some potatoes in a derelict vacant lot, and suddenly the cops have to be involved, and it's a property rights outrage.
And before I get the inevitable "how would you like it bla bla bla...", if I owned a vacant lot on 17th avenue, I wouldn't care if the neighbours put removable planters in there while it sat empty, because I'm not a petty jackass*.
Now look, maybe your method of planting potatoes in planters differs from mine, but, you know, plantin' potatoes, and cuttin' down trees, ain't the same ####in' ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same ####in' sport.
*and yes, I do realize the irony in saying I'm not petty, when here I am arguing about this non-issue on the internet with strangers