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To: DugwayDuke
There is a fundamental injustice in regard to so many municipal rules like this all around the country.

Sure, complain about Fourth Amendment rights, etc., but then have 20 or 30 people move into the house next door to yours.

You're argument is easy to relate to... But the truth about it is that it is entirely based on the desire to exert your own will over your neighbors property.

Can someone please define the word COVET for me?

15 posted on 12/15/2002 3:21:52 PM PST by OHelix
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To: OHelix
"There is a fundamental injustice in regard to so many municipal rules like this all around the country."

If you buy property, it is no "fundamental injustice" in requiring you to adhere to the zoning restriction existing on that property. There is a "fundamental injustice" when your neighbor decides to operate a boarding house in a residential neighborhood that is not zoned for that.

There is no "fundamental injustice" in expecting that a property owner adhere to safety regulations published by the fire marshall to ensure that.

Nor, is it coveting to expect that your neighbor does not turn his backyard into a garbage dump or establish a used car lot in his front yard.

If you don't like the rules for the neighborhood, then find another neighborhood. If you don't play by the rules, then it is you who is coveting your neighbor's rights.
16 posted on 12/15/2002 5:58:56 PM PST by DugwayDuke
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