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Let's use an analogy: What if someone was burning a tyre in my neighbour's garden directly affecting my health?

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• mrmagooey 12y ago
  You can't up the ante and claim it's analogous. Burning a tyre releases a tremendous amount of thick black smoke, burning a joint releases several orders of magnitude less smoke, and unless you're within 10m of the person you realistically are not going to be affected. For effect: "What if someone built a rocket launch pad next to my house and it was directly affecting my health?"
  • nick_riviera 12y ago
    Doesn't that depend on how far my neighbour is away? Perhaps we have 500m long gardens... The analogy is valid as is "pissing over my fence onto my head", "kicking a football through my greenhouse", "catapulting dog shit into my garden" etc etc.
    • lfuller 12y ago
      A smell that you don't like isn't comparable to destruction of your property or having toxic waste thrown on you. I have a neighbour that often cooks curry; I can't stand the smell of curry. Even though the smell comes in through my windows, I don't have the right to force them to stop cooking. I just close my windows.