NH: Free Staters defy curfew at Manchester park

[Elephantintheroom01]

Humm, you could get an astronomy book from the library. That might make it entertaining.

[DominicMetal1979]

This is boring. No cops. LOL

[jsruss1961]

Good for you all.

[p00lman]

What assholes. The park doesn't belong to you because you don't have to pay to take care of it and keep it maintained. Selfish pricks.

[watcher8o]

It's a public park, right? That means those people there do pay for it's maintenance. No fences and locked gates? The quickest and most acceptable way to deny access would be for the government to sell the property off to the highest private buyer and let them handle any trespassers.

[p00lman]

All it takes is one asshole to vandalize the park and make everyone else have to pay for its maintenance.

Keeping people out at night will keep the park intact.

[watcher8o]

Or, having decent citizens there will keep vandals away...

Why not just close up the park permanently so vandalism is impossible?

[p00lman]

Aw, do they give our Decent Citizen badges now? How cute.

[hapspir]

"Keeping people out at night will keep the park intact."

It seems to me that if the park were empty it would make the vandal's mischief much easier. No witnesses. And don't forget that an individual is innocent until proven guilty. You shouldn't prohibit activity on the basis that it "might" lead to a crime. If you did, then everything would be illegal.

[p00lman]

Um, if the park were empty, then it would be empty.

If an individual is in the park when no one is allowed in the park, that individual is guilty.

Really? We shouldn't prohibit anything? Well, why do we have to license guns? Let's just sell them to anyone. Let's give everyone driver's licenses. Why keep people off of tarmacs? Why put locks on doors? Why should banks use safes?

[hapspir]

"if the park were empty, then it would be empty."

It would be empty only of the obedient and/or uninterested citizenry, (which admittedly includes almost everyone).

"We shouldn't prohibit anything?"

We shouldn't prohibit an activity simply because it might lead to a crime. But we should prohibit crime itself. To be clear on the difference you must understand that a crime has a victim. If there is no victim, there is no crime.

[p00lman]

Sorry, but that's not how society works.

[silentthriller]

How do you know that they don't pay for it? Even if they don't, it's still public property. Either everyone owns it or nobody owns it.

[p00lman]

Does everyone maintain it too?

Wrong.

[teebteeb1268]

They pay to maintain it through taxes as it is a public place. Educate yourself.

[p00lman]

That doesn't mean they're doing the maintaining. They're doing the using and in some cases the vandalizing.

[twilightawakening]

curfew wat

[Anothercoilgun]

I want to know what those rights that were relinquished. Could you post them here?

[harryogre]

Light Stix are your friends, guys.

Use like 6 to outline a touch football field.

Good luck guys!

[FatGuyWithAKatana]

i love going to the beach after dark, it's so peaceful.

[Anothercoilgun]

Make you feel human again doesn't it. Mind free from all the bull accumulated over life.

[FatGuyWithAKatana]

well i always feel human but yeah, all the bullshit just gets washed away from the sound of the waves and the glow of moonlight.

[samking12]

how can adults have a curfew? is the park off limits after dark?

[Anothercoilgun]

Its just another source of revenue. We are all onto their games now. Well more of us.

[MrBiblia]

FREESTATERS!!!! God bless you!

[Dewdaahman]

unless the cop had night vision tools he wouldn't see the guys in the park..  where's the bonfire..?

[OpenCarryNH]

After the second or third police vehicle that drove by, we started to hold a flashlight and made sure it was waving in their direction toward the ground. I'm pretty sure they should have been able to see at least someone in the park in that area.

[psbyowner]

we will be watching with great interest; god speed.

[psbyowner]

cool. defy tyranny.

[803honda]

yall act like thats your land; oh wait, it is your land.