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I'm glad law enforcement got clear on the relevant concepts:
Town: Pot Paintings on House Not Illegal
WINSTED, Conn. (AP) -- Having marijuana in your house is illegal, but having marijuana images on your house is not, according to town officials.Five months after Christopher Seekins was arrested and charged with cultivating marijuana in his home, neighbors have complained about the giant marijuana leaves he has spray-painted on the outside of his home on High Street.
"There's no reason anybody should have a problem with it," Seekins said Wednesday.
Town officials said the marijuana paintings apparently do not conflict with local laws.
"There's nothing in the property maintenance code that deals with writing on your house," Joe Beadle, chief code enforcement officer, said.
Marijuana: illegal. Representations of marijuana: legal.
Unless you have signed your soul away to Home Owners Association Fascists.
Posted by: j swift | March 21, 2006 at 10:19 AM
They could do with some of this in Belfast.
Posted by: Bartholomew | March 21, 2006 at 10:51 AM
Got clear? Were you mistakenly prejudging law enforcment? I would imagine they know the difference between graphic representation and cannabis.
Posted by: Webster | March 21, 2006 at 05:53 PM
As a teacher of mine used to say, riffing on Poetics 21, 1457b20ff: the cup on the shield of Ares pours no wine.
Posted by: Dabodius | March 21, 2006 at 05:59 PM
I wonder how long the guy waited for a house on High Street...
Posted by: Mr Furious | March 23, 2006 at 11:59 AM
Ceci n'est pas cannabis.
Posted by: Ginger Yellow | March 23, 2006 at 12:22 PM