On Topic: it's illegal to wash my 914, you guys will get a kick out of this... Options

[nebreitling]

i just recieved a "warning" from the university (i live in uni-owned grad housing) because i was caught... get this.... WASHING MY CAR. well, SHIT....

Apparently, it is now ILLEGAL to wash your own car in Palo Alto, under the assumption that trace amounts of oil and heavy metals will be carried into drains and gutters, and on into the bay. Palo Alto Sewer Ordinance 16.09.106

i bet i'm the only stanford phd who came in a liberal, and will come out a conservative.

[ArtechnikA]

i'm not trying to impose anything on anybody. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

i am sincerely trying to understand your motivation.

...rather it is your fellow american citizen that gives you the feeling that you need to own a weapon.
is that correct?

i didn't get the feeling you were trying to impose anything, and you're right my response, written while trying to close out the day, was written in haste and poorly worded, for which i apologize. i did take your question at face value although my response does not convey that.

i do not feel the need to own anything. it is a choice, and i respect the choice of people who choose not to. (but often, people who choose not to also prefer to deny the choices of others. this is true of many things.)

i have the means to defend myself and my family in the ultimate extreme. beyond having the means, i believe i have the resolve to. resolve without means is suboptimal; means without resolve is not infrequently dangerous.)

i enjoy the sporting aspects of firearm use - like golf, target marksmanship has a mental side, and a physical side, a degree of technicality and a level of concentration. i don't hunt but i don't mind people who do so humanely. i haven't perforated anything but paper, and i'd like to keep it that way.