Steve Miller has about two acres of land just outside Atlanta, Georgia, USA. That’s not quite big enough to be a farm, but it’s certainly big enough for a hell of a vegetable garden, which is precisely what Steve Miller has. I think most folks would agree that that is a pretty good use for
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Anyway, the law is after Steve Miller. They say he needs to pay a $5,000 fine.
I could understand it if he were growing marijuana. I still wouldn’t like it, because I think marijuana is a wonderful plant which can help the sufferers of many illnesses and provide hours of entertainment for everybody else, but I wouldn’t be surprised by it. I also wouldn’t be surprised if they had fined him for raising pigs, because pigs really, really smell bad and, like second hand smoke, the stink doesn’t just hover over your own place. I could also understand it a little bit better if this were a small piece of land in the middle of the city. I would still think it was weird, you should be able to plant cabbages in the living room of your tiny apartment if you want, but neighbors will complain about damned near anything. But that wasn’t it. I don’t exactly know the geography of the case, but if he has two acres, he’s not exactly living in the center of town.
No, I think this is just one more case of the police being dicks, using the law (which is written by dicks) to punish people who do good things. Because the police suck. They hate people, and they become police officers so they can drive too fast and force other people off the road, throw people in jail and beat them over the head with sticks.
I’d like to be proven wrong.
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Somewhat related – or maybe not – a few years ago, one of the kids that I wrestled with / coached sent me an invitation to his high school graduation. So, naturally, when I spoke with him next, I asked him what field of endeavor he hoped to persue in college. He surprised me by saying “Criminal Justice.” When I asked why, he said, ” So I can bust people like you.” He was sadistic enough that I didn’t doubt him at all. Just another reminder that, in many cases, the very people that want to be police officers or in positions of authority are exactly the kind of people we don’t want in those positions.
As I was looking for more info on this, I came upon this interesting article:
kineticreaction.blogspot.com/2008/12/everything-i-want-to-do-is-illegal.html . Evidently this was not an isolated case.