Mother Fucking Government Types

[Undertoad]

Invoking "Little Boxes" is, on my own personal scale, as bad an offense as Godwin's Law.

The song about which Wikipedia says:

Originally Posted by wikipedia

according to Christopher Hitchens, satirist Tom Lehrer described "Little Boxes" as "the most sanctimonious song ever written".

Precisely, right? Chris Hitchens invoking Tom Lehrer, that's pretty goddamn impressive right there.

I was weighing against D's position but after the use of "Little Boxes" to defend your position, xoB, I now have to think she has a good point, and shame on you. Shame on you. Think about it, won't you?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I was weighing against D's position but after the use of "Little Boxes" to defend your position, xoB, I now have to think she has a good point, and shame on you. Shame on you. Think about it, won't you?

Fuck you, ya hipster.
It became wildly popular, and I used it, because it's a perfect description, and a mental link to people's memories about a subject many have thought about in depth, sometime in the past. As a matter of fact, that ticky tacky is exactly what the authorities in Wales claim they are trying to prevent.
You of all people should grasp it's significance, since you just sold one of those ticky tacky boxes that was crumbling before your very eyes.

There's a cluster of $400,000 houses right up the road from me, that I can break into with a jackknife. No shit, drywall, Styrofoam, and vinyl siding... a stray branch in a strong wind would pass through the wall like shit through a tin horn.

Dana's point comes from watching people unfairly gaming the system, and I agree that should be thwarted. But what happens is the same thing that keeps Kinder Eggs out of this country. They make a law so broad it covers every loophole they can think of, (and write a few in for campaign contributers), but there should be provisions for cases like Griff and the couple in Wales. For people who are doing something unique, but safe, instead of trying to crush them as a danger to society.

By the way, that house in Wales has been on the internet dozens of times. The whole process of building was documented on a bunch of sites, hardly a secret. And these are their next door neighbors.