Okay here’s a yes or no question: Does a person have the right to store/place private property in/on a public space for any length of time? |
Why would your posts change anyone's mind? Again, you are not going to convince anyone here that they are not thinking clearly or logically, you must think that people who disagree with you are stupid then. You should just assume they understand what you are saying, fully, and just disagree with it. That is not an impossibility. |
If no one has seen or heard the hoop being used in a very long time, why should it remain? Especially in front of someone else’s house |
No one has to answers your questions, particularly your questions that you intend for readers to answer to come around to your point of view because oh, they are going to realize how non sensical they are being now that you have given them something to think about. People simply believe that basketball hoops do not belong in the street, based on what streets are intended for and used for. If you want streets to be used for all sorts of things that you can believe that, your brain your right, but that's you. |
I’ve never seen or heard you use your car, and it’s always parked out front whenever I happen to look out front. Shall I call a tow truck? |
Yes, if a car is parked for weeks or months without being used you should report it. Next? |
you do what you want to do why should we care? |
I provided a yes/no question to a poster who specifically requested a yes/no question. And to be clear: Changing one’s mind about an issue as more information is made available and/or is presented in a different way is not a moral failing or an intellectual defeat. Your previous post is like a microcosm of today’s political discourse. Dig those heels in and stick your fingers in your ears - you are part of the problem. |
is this the socratic method that I have heard about? We answer your questions to arrive at your point of view? |
I didn’t say it hasn’t been used for weeks or months. I said I haven’t seen or heard it being used. Do you not understand the difference? It’s subtle, I know. |
no, you are a sign of today's political discourse in that you insist that all come around to your point of view because it is morally superior. You are not providing information, you are speaking to your preferences. We do not have to share preferences. your questions are not in good faith--the point of them is to poke holes in what you think are logical fallacies, but your preferences are not logical, they are just preferences. you can say what about this what about that till the cows home home, doesn't mean people need to do what makes your happy. It is just not a requirement. |
if you want to report the car, you do you. why should we care what you do. if one us doesn't, don't worry about it. If one of us does, don't worry about it. Why is this a discussion point? No one is accountable to you. |
Yeah, I fully understand you think you’re right here and you’re trying to say “but what about foam balls” and “but I didn’t HEAR your car being used” but this comes down to whether it’s cool to put your basketball hoop in front of someone else’s house, and it’s not. Anyone arguing otherwise doesn’t understand how things work. |
OP here. It does get used. And I know this because I can hear it. But often not by the kids of the family that put it there. And not by the kids in the house they put it in front of either. |
This is the question. It's not about whether people can bike in the street (yes), walk in the street (yes if there are no sidewalks with rules as to where to walk) and allow children to draw with chalk in the streets (terrible idea). It's about whether you can plop your personal semi-permanent property in the street in front of your neighbor's house. Yes I know the legalities are the same in front of your own house but other people would care less there at least. |