• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    7 months ago

    I remember when I was young I got ticketed for trespassing on public property. I was so offended. Yet that’s the society we live in. Public resources aren’t for use by the public, they are for use by the small fraction of the public who control them.

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      7 months ago

      We’re gonna need the detail. The county jail is public property, but you can’t waltz in and say hi to the inmates.

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        7 months ago

        It was for staying too late in a public park. It was meant to be closed after dark. I overstayed by like an hour.

        I think there’s a big difference between breaking and entering and trespassing. Going into a restricted area is more like the latter. Although there’s the whole ethics of a prison to consider as well but I don’t want to get into that.

        But yes there may be a small number of situations where public access should be forbidden but right now that’s a minority of all of the completely unnecessary restrictions that exist.