If A Man's Home Is His Castle, What's His Stoop? (Trees And Things)

MayorBob: It is and it isn't.

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:16:57 EST

"Except its not a house, its a 20 unit co-op. Which is analogous to an apartment complex."

Like an apartment building, the co-op is sectioned off into 20 units occupied by 20 different people or families. Unlike an apartment building, the o

wetkarma: Re: draw the line

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:47:39 EST

Unlike the apartment complex in the example above, a house's front access is not a common area.

Except its not a house, its a 20 unit co-op. Which is analogous to an apartment complex. If a man can be arrested in the lobby of an apartment o

gerrymander: Re: draw the line

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:31:29 EST

(it was bound to happen sooner or later, eh gerrymander?)

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. (I leave deciding which of us is the clock in that metaphor to the reader. ;-)

DEMachina: Re: draw the line

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:03:26 EST

Agreed (it was bound to happen sooner or later, eh gerrymander?). NYC seems weirdly restrictive about some things. Granted their crime rate isn't what it used to be, but I'd still think the police there have better things to do.

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gerrymander: Re: draw the line

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:49:46 EST

You can be engaged in legal activity on private property and doing something "in public" and therefore illegal at the same time.

Granted, but I think there's a difference in kind which separates sex and drinking. American life is built to accommo

Steve Urkel: Re: draw the line

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:25:24 EST

You can be engaged in legal activity on private property and doing something "in public" and therefore illegal at the same time. Like having sex on your front porch, or on top of your roof, or in your living room in front of the window.

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gerrymander: draw the line

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:02:22 EST

He doesn't think he did anything wrong and sees the whole drinking-on-your-front-stoop issue "a real gray area."

It's not -- or at least, it shouldn't be. Unlike the apartment complex in the example above, a house's front access is not a common a