Hop David ) wrote:


: Scott Hedrick wrote:

: If a person want to live in a
: : tar-paper shack, why shouldn't they be permitted to do so?
:
: Because that shack could have an effect on a neighbor.
:
:
: Such as?
:
: Do you think
:
: building codes are dumb?
:
:
: Do you think the value of a code is determined by the number of rules?
:
: Do you want to toss out the National Electric
:
: Code and have any joker wire up his house the way he sees fit?
:
:
: If that joker wants to live in that house, *why should his freedom to do so
: be curtailed*?

: A house not conforming to code can have effects on a neighbor. A badly
: wired home is a fire hazard. Bad plumbing, a health hazard. I'd think
: this was very obvious.


My point exactly. I have no idea why Scott would argue otherwise.

Eric

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