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Title: Starry Night House Unveils the Banality of Evil (Busybodies will always exist)
Source:
Lew Rockwell
URL Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/08 ... -unveils-the-banality-of-evil/
Published: Aug 2, 2018
Author: David Gornoski
Post Date: 2018-08-02 09:23:16 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 4741
Comments: 33
In the coldness of space, a star explodes. It creates a dazzling shock wave of cloud debris with a magnetic alignment resembling spokes on a cosmic bicycle wheel of light. We here on Earth call it SuperNova 1987A. But the name does not do it justice. It is an unfolding grand orchestra of vibration that ripples over human drama with wild indifference. Turning our eyes to our home, we see Earth. Inside this blue grain of sand and water, creatures are busy. In my home state of Florida, I meet a quiet, determined lady named Nancy Nemhauser to interview on my A Neighbor’s Choice radio show. She has good news but her face is war-weary. Her town of Mt. Dora, Florida, just a few miles from where we meet, has decided to drop its thousands of dollars citation against her home. Mt. Dora is a an artsy little hamlet known for its murals and art festivals. A year ago, Nancy and her husband Lubomir decided to paint their house wall in interpretation of Vincent van Gogh’s famous Starry Night painting. They had no HOA, they checked with city code and no issue was raised. Yet after they painted it, they received a city citation claiming the wall art was graffiti—that the wall had to match the color of the house. So the couple decided to paint the whole house to match to avoid any issue. This gesture—painting their home in the style of ‘Starry Night’—was not received well by the city magistrates. They began to issue rolling hundred dollar fines for every day they failed to comply with their demands. Nancy and Lubomir commissioned the mural as a gift to their son, who has autism. They found that the ‘Starry Night’ painting was a particular source of comfort and fascination for the young man. Also, in instances in which he might get lost from home, his difficulty in communication could be overcome by saying “Van Gogh house” to a person looking to help who knows the landmark. Star explosions produce shockwaves of light. Parents protect their children and want them to sleep well. This is the way the world was meant to be. Some nights, Nancy will catch her son watching the star lights on the balcony in wonder. Life on Earth is a whirlwind. The human experience is filled with dreams, hopes, struggles, loss, and triumphs. We treasure our time by learning to treat others how we would want to be treated. No pageantry or role playing we perform in government changes this tremendous responsibility. May I ask your advice? If I do not like the color scheme of my neighbor’s house, do I have a right to come to their door and demand that they pay me a hundred dollars a day until they fix it? If they resist long enough, can I bring men with guns to force them out of their home? Such behavior sounds insane. Because it is. However, when we form groups, we start to think we can get away with doing really insane or cruel things. Toxic groupthink can be playground bullies mimicking a child’s unique speech pattern. It can also produce groupthink in governments that maintain the right to do things they would find abhorrent to do individually—just because a majority of voters in a space hired them. In the case of Nancy and Lubomir, they violated no law. They were merely victims of an arbitrarily banal exertion of power by busybodies that presume control. However, whether such a code existed or not on paper, the principle at stake here is one that arrests the very nature of what our culture should be. Should we ever use the threat of theft—an act of violence—to change a person’s nonviolent behavior or choices? Should we have a culture that produces law to coerce people’s expression, personal choices, property use, or means of caring for their children? If there is no flesh and blood victim that can be named in a citation or police report about an event, how could we ever accuse a person of a crime or violation? Who are we—floating on this magnetic marble of land and water—to assert our domination over someone else’s home by demanding their money—the fruits of their finite time on Earth? Private contracts are mutually agreed covenants that can be enforced if people violate the terms. However, public contracts—the domain of states—are often arbitrarily decided piecemeal based on the ever-changing whims of the people close to power. No one truly owns a piece of the Earth in any cosmic sense. But so long as we are to live together, humans must live in a way that is harmonious and sustainable: one based on respect for differences and freedom. As long as human beings are not stealing, defrauding, or initiating violence, they should enjoy their lives free from meddling. Thanks to courage and the Pacific Legal Foundation, Nancy and Lubomir were victorious. Facing a federal battle over constitutional rights and an onslaught of media attention, Mt. Dora reached a settlement. As part of the agreement, the mayor publicly apologized in a press conference. Nancy told me the ordeal cost them greatly in health, stress, and many sleepless nights. For painting their house to help their son. Human busybodies will always exist, but it is our job as role models for future generations to never let law be used in such a farcical way that bureaucrats without skin in the game can weaponize their monopolies to inflict pain on someone else.
Poster Comment: If I do not like the color scheme of my neighbor’s house, do I have a right to come to their door and demand that they pay me a hundred dollars a day until they fix it? If they resist long enough, can I bring men with guns to force them out of their home? Such behavior sounds insane. Because it is. In the case of Nancy and Lubomir, they violated no law. They were merely victims of an arbitrarily banal exertion of power by busybodies that presume control
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#2. To: Deckard (#0)
I think it comes down to planned neighborhood vs non planned. The fact that you bring down the value of houses around you. This is also blockbusters use to get white people to leave. Who is right? To those that forget history will be forced to relive it!
Who is right? YOU! (And the immediate neighbors affected by this insanity.)
Thanks to courage and the Pacific Legal Foundation, Nancy and Lubomir were victorious. Facing a federal battle over constitutional rights and an onslaught of media attention, Mt. Dora reached a settlement. As part of the agreement, the mayor publicly apologized in a press conference.
Thanks to ASSHOLES defending liberal, spiteful ASSHOLES, another "victory" for ASSHOLES is won. Pat yourself on the back.
As part of the agreement, the mayor publicly apologized in a press conference. ...federal battle over constitutional rights... You do remember what those are, right?
The neighbors are jealous that their houses look like caca compared to the starry night, and that it's now valued higher than theirs. They want to drag her down to their s**thole level.
From what I've read - the neighbors weren't complaining. It was the bureaucrats in city government who tried to put the kibosh on this family's out-of-the-ordinary paint scheme.
That's just crazy to paint a house like that. Someone had to complain. I know I would have. Talk about killing house values. That's something you do on a wall by pool or something. Maybe a room inside the house. But the whole house? That a scream for mental health help!
Cray-cray. DONE OUT OF 100% TYPICAL LIBERAL-LEFT SPITE. Any sane, logical neighbor would complain. This is just outright disrespectful of ALL neighbors. [Painting] the whole house? That a scream for mental health help! Typical liberal-Dem-Leftists ARE mentally ill. Now had Deckard lived next door to that AND been trying to sell his house, HE'D have beaten down the door to City Hall. (Unless he now insists supposed "FREE SPEECH" supersedes his $50k-100k loss. Well DO YOU, DECKARD??)
Typical liberal-Dem-Leftists ARE mentally ill. Florida Man Paints American Flag on House in Protest "This is still America," said Brent Greer, who lives in Bradenton, Florida. Now had Deckard lived next door to that AND been trying to sell his house, HE'D have beaten down the door to City Hall. Nope - any more assumption Sport? (Unless he now insists supposed "FREE SPEECH" supersedes his $50k-100k loss. Well DO YOU, DECKARD??) First off yukon - stop your effing yelling you self-righteous clown. The folks WON their case - and you whining little babies are still butt-hurt. Why? Becuase the owners refused to conform to some arbitrary gooberment standard. Grow up and get over it.
This house and the other house are not the same in comparison. Not even close. The flag house was done tastefully and the other house is grotesque at best.
Your art critique of the paint job, is about as valuable as Hillary's film critics reaction in Bengazi. It's not a good excuse to go on a jihad. Film critics didn't like Hillary's movie so... JIHAD!
#33. To: hondo68 (#32)
I think the so called art house is probably one of the worst looking paint jobs on a house that I have ever seen. So bad that it is an eye sore that devalues other houses around it. I have seen neglected houses that looked better. Whether you like it or not you have to think of the people around you and your unreasonable actions that can harm them. You do not have a right to open up a business at a house in a planned neighborhood. Part of the value of the house is the neighborhood.
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#6. To: Justified (#2)
The fact that you bring down the value of houses around you. This is also blockbusters use to get white people to leave.
#9. To: Liberator (#6)
Who is right?
#11. To: Deckard (#9)
Thanks to courage and the Pacific Legal Foundation, Nancy and Lubomir were victorious.
#12. To: Liberator (#11)
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#13. To: Deckard, jealous neighbors (#12)
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#18. To: hondo68 (#13)
The neighbors are jealous that their houses look like caca compared to the starry night, and that it's now valued higher than theirs.
#20. To: Deckard (#18)
#21. To: Justified, Deckard (#20)
That's just crazy to paint a house like that. Someone had to complain. I know I would have. Talk about killing house values.
#24. To: Liberator, Justified (#21)
[Painting] the whole house? That a scream for mental health help!
#31. To: Deckard (#24)
#32. To: Justified (#31)
The flag house was done tastefully and the other house is grotesque at best.
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