Re: Overheard on the scanner

On  Fri, 9 May 2008 02:56:03 +0000 (UTC) rkshullat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 the following into the hard stone of rec.arts.sf.fandom 
>The question is who (or what) the "do not cross this line" is meant for.
>In the case of the "separation fence" I mentioned, it lies between the
>end of a cul-de-sac (which frequently has lots of young kids playing in
>and around it) and the 6-lane through road which lies just beyond. It's
>there to keep the young kids out of traffic. It was put there and is
>maintained by the neighborhood association which maintains the common
>areas of the development. The area on both sides of the fence is
>publicly accessible (a sidewalk runs right next to the fence on either
>side). It would hard to to come up with a reason that crossing it
>violates someone's property rights and pretty much impossible to come up
>with a violation of a law, at least here. There are enough different
>jurisdictions in the US, not to mention the world, that it's entirely
>possible that some place has a "crossing any fence anywhere is illegal"
>ordinance.

If there's a public sidewalk on both sides, then yeah.. I doubt the
fence is actually on private property. And aren't those sort of thing
usually big-ass walls to cut down on sound as well?

Jumping fences that are obviously edging private propery (business,
homes, whatever) is a bad idea and should not be done.
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