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Title: Brothers Mow 75-Yr-Old Woman's Lawn To Save Her From Jail
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Information Liberation
URL Source: http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=51227
Published: Jun 12, 2015
Author: William Norman Grigg
Post Date: 2015-06-12 14:34:34 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 2412
Comments: 11
Those who understand and cherish property rights understand that the lawn was hers to tend or neglect as she saw fit. The demands made by the local political class in Riesel, and the armed officials who enforce their demands, make sense only if we accept the Communist proposition that the State is the default owner of everything, and private property only enjoys a contingent existence.Practical Anarchism Saves Old Woman From A Needless Arrest
Gerry Suttle had never received so much as a parking ticket before being informed by police in Riesel, Texas that a warrant had been issued for her arrest. The 75-year-old woman had failed to appear in court to answer a citation issued against her because her grass had grown too high. Riesel is a town of about 1,000 people, and the tiny clique calling itself the city government displays the efficiency that characterizes every such entity of any size: Suttle never received the letter demanding that she appear before the judge.
Under what residents of Texas are told to call the “law,” an arrest warrant results in immediate suspension of the subject’s license to drive. As a result, this terrified 75-year-old woman was effectively under house arrest. The lawn, which was on a piece of property Suttle owned across from her home, was far too big for her to mow by herself, particularly under the summer sun in central Texas.
Four young brothers who live in the same central Texas town saw the news report and volunteered to mow the elderly woman's very large lawn, a hot and time-intensive job that would be much to arduous for the 75-year-old to do by herself. Several other neighbors quickly joined in and made short work of what could have been a day-long project.
The statist approach to this problem was to issue an extortion note (more commonly called a “citation”), then threaten to kidnap the elderly woman when she didn’t pay the demanded amount. The anarchist — which is to say, human — approach was for her neighbors to volunteer personal time to help her.
“Well, that’s commendable, but without the threat of punishment the yard wouldn’t have been mowed,” a typical authoritarian would probably object. A good and sufficient reply would be: So what? Nobody was injured by the height of Suttle's grass, which was, after all, on her own property.
In the fashion of Pharaoh increasing the brick production quota while withholding straw from the Hebrew slaves, everything the Riesel junta did was designed to exacerbate a “problem” created by its own immoral actions. People who claim that society can’t exist without the fictive entity called the state might be instinctively appalled by the treatment of Gerry Suttle, but they have no moral or logical reason to object to it.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Thanks for reminding me to get out my mower and get mowing. See you later gents.
GREAT!!! Such wonderful neigbors, everone should be so blessed to have such wonderful folks living next door. Fine looking boys: The cleaned up empty lot now looks good and is no longer an sore eye in the community.
I got about 3/4 of an acre done before it started raining how far did you get?? “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
It really came down. Rained out my afternoon job.
I kinda figured that since you were on here as early as I was. I probably got 1/2-3/4 of an inch which is good my yard was starting to look a little thin in a few places, BTA I have a lot of clay soil beings this is an old corn/wheat field I live on. Back in the day they used to raise Dorset sheep here, hence the name of the place Dorset Downs. “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
1 and 3/4 acres completed in just under two hours. No rain for me although it did rain about 7 miles to the south. I still need about 20 minutes to trim tomorrow - I didn't want to miss happy hour.
Those two concepts are inextricably linked here. They like cabernet sauvignons and clarets. The arrangement has worked well for years.
Best reply :)
Where I live this function is done by homeowners associations who if need be take it to civil court. The purpose is to not allow a few bad apples from destroying neighborhood property values. Arrest warrants for something minor like this is definitely extreme, Police there should feel ashamed that they are ordered to be part of this.
These petty tyrants are also known as "Satan's little helpers". Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
These petty tyrants are also known as "Satan's little helpers". They are needed in neighborhoods where the houses or condos are close together and a few owners can ruin property values for many more. If home owners don't like them they can move to more spacious areas where the houses are not in sight of one another, and many of my past neighbors have for other reasons, more space.
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
(Edited)
Four young brothers who live in the same central Texas town saw the news report and volunteered to mow the elderly woman's very large lawn, a hot and time-intensive job that would be much to arduous for the 75-year-old to do by herself. Several other neighbors quickly joined in and made short work of what could have been a day-long project.
#3. To: Fred Mertz (#1)
Thanks for reminding me to get out my mower and get mowing.
#4. To: CZ82 (#3)
got about 3/4 of an acre done before it started raining how far did you get??
#5. To: A K A Stone (#4)
It really came down. Rained out my afternoon job.
#6. To: CZ82 (#3)
I got about 3/4 of an acre done before it started raining how far did you get??
#7. To: Fred Mertz (#6)
Lawn mowing - Happy hour -
My next door neighbor uses his "monster machine"
riding mower to mow my lawn - and I DO NOT pay him -
I give he and his wife bottles of wine - and at
Christmastime, gift certificates for dinners at
Italian restaurants.
And Italian food.
I hate mowing the lawn.
#8. To: Fred Mertz (#1)
Thanks for reminding me to get out my mower and get mowing. See you later gents
#9. To: Deckard (#0)
#10. To: TrappedInMd (#9)
Where I live this function is done by homeowners associations
#11. To: sneakypete (#10)
Where I live this function is done by homeowners associations
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