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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Amy Alkon

      1/ Ehh... Heinlein was a quote "your right to swing your fist ends where my nose starts", but that's kinda smooth brained baby libertarianism, bc it outsources the entire hard part, which is defining what's the nose and what's the fist.https://twitter.com/amyalkon/status/1329826522958491654 …

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      Amy AlkonVerified account @amyalkon
      People think being offended should allow them to control others' speech. Re: photo of daughter giving finger on her gravestone: "I lost my 13-year-old daughter. I picked that picture for a reason, it represents her. If you don’t like it, don’t look at it” https://nypost.com/2020/11/18/family-fights-for-photo-of-daughter-giving-the-finger-on-gravestone/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons …
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

      2/ I suggest that these things aren't obvious from first principles, and ALWAYS need negotiation to settle defaults and norms. Handwave at Coase theorem here. People ALWAYS have a desire to say things, and they ALWAYS have a desire to make graves sacred. So, there's conflict

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

      3/ The baby libertarian argument here (and I've been on both sides of it 100 times) tries to define property rights as absolute. There are these magic vertical lines going from the center of the earth to outer space, and anything I do on my property is absolutely fine.

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

      4/ BRO, I'm just emitting sound waves. Not MY fault that they propagate across the property line. BRO, I'm just emitting photons. If you don't like it, don't look. BRO, I'm just following you 23 hours a day as you walk on roads and sidewalks. If you don't like it, don't look

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

      5/ Society can organize norms and defaults one way or the other. The interesting thing about the Coase theorem is that it acknowledges this. So getting to the particular of a graveyard - there's an interesting question. What's the null hypothesis / norm?

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

      6/ Graveyards are often privately owned, and there are contractual expectations: right of access, right of maintenance, etc. So this is, perhaps, really just a contract law question, not a 1A question. ...but even if the contract allows the middle finger headstone, that's that

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

      7/ as far as the LEGAL question goes, but it's not trivially resolved as a social question. The problem with libertarian autism (and I say that as someone who is a libertarian and an autist) is that it prefers theory to gathering facts. Theory should FOLLOW facts, not precede

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

      8/ If you poll 1,000 people, and 999 of them suggest that they would be offended if they buried their spouse or child and then later a headstone went in 20 feet away with a picture of a middle finger, then that's a fact about human nature that must be acknowledged.

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

      9/ There's a quote I'm going to mangle, from the Jewish study of the Torah (cites appreciated, please chime in) in the direction of "the Law does not exist for God; the Law exists for man". Law exists to create utility, not to reify High Autist Theory.

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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

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      10/ Side thread on High Theoryhttps://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1315646152331726849 …

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs @MorlockP
      One evolution in my thinking over the last ~5 years is that I now hate High Theory I find a few other people using the phrase, but no crisp definitions so I'm going to attempt one. It will necessarily be wrong ...if I claimed it was simple AND correct IT WOULD BE A HIGH THEORY
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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

      11/ So anyway, I don't think "don't look" is the final answer to every speech-implicating area of social discord. It is good and proper that we have churches with one code, streets with another, and red light districts with a third.

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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

          12/ People should not talk loudly about anal sex gang bangs at childrens' playgrounds. People should not police F-bombs on the sidewalk outside a porno shop at 11pm. Social norms which distinguish between these are good. Law exists to serve man.

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted The Hidden One

          13/ TY!https://twitter.com/NemoOdysseus/status/1329843939717881860 …

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          The Hidden One @NemoOdysseus
          Replying to @MorlockP
          I think this is the story you’re talking about; “The Torah is not in heaven...”, once the law was given, its decided on earth by majority rules, doesn’t matter if God sides with you, if the majority decides the other way then even God has to accept it... https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/352329/jewish/The-Walls-of-the-Study-Hall.htm …
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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Shea Levy

          12/ concurhttps://twitter.com/shlevy/status/1329829623731945472 …

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          Shea Levy @shlevy
          Replying to @MorlockP
          Doesn't detract from your core point, but so long as the grave isn't clearly visible from outside the property I think this *particular* case can resolve to the graveyard owner's decision.
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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Nov 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Shea Levy

          13/ > the baby libertarian view is enough for a huge portion of cases, concurhttps://twitter.com/shlevy/status/1329829994995064832 …

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          Shea Levy @shlevy
          Replying to @shlevy @MorlockP
          In general this nuance is important and often ignored, but I do think the baby libertarian view is enough for a huge portion of cases, especially when you're trying to decide your own individual action (as opposed to "policy")
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        2. Fayd Ogolon‏ @faydogolon 20 Nov 2020
          Replying to @MorlockP

          I agree with this sentiment. The mother says, "Don't look," but the monument is designed in such a way that anyone who passes by is going to see it. The mother wanted this to get noticed. She's angry that her daughter died and there wasn't anything she could do. 1/2

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        3. Fayd Ogolon‏ @faydogolon 20 Nov 2020
          Replying to @faydogolon @MorlockP

          While the photo may represent how the daughter felt about her demise, it definitely reflects how the mother felt. 2/2

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