http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nosyneighbors/ en-us Sat, 29 Jan 2005 20:25:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1331460/posts VANCOUVER (CP) - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that masturbating at home is not an offence, even if the activity can be seen by peeking neighbours.   The case centred on whether a private space - Daryl Clark's living room - became public because others could view it. The high court said No in a unanimous ruling Thursday. "The living room of his private home was not a place 'to which the public (had) access as of right or by invitation, express or implied,' " Justice Morris Fish wrote, quoting the Criminal Code. "I do not believe it (access)... http://news.yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1331460/posts#comment Sat, 29 Jan 2005 20:25:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/720982/posts <p>But perched in his rig at a truck stop near Jessup, Md., George Freeman shook his pony-tailed head at a proposed terrorism informant network that would rely on millions of American workers to feed the government tips on suspicious activity.</p> <p>"It's going to be overused and abused, especially with people so nervous as it is," said Freeman, 45, who hauls produce cross-country. "You're going to have people running every which way looking for terrorists and their 15 minutes of glory."</p> Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/720982/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:58:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/702751/posts Improving on the National ASK Campaign The "Million Mom March" organization and other gun control activists are currently promoting, with the help of the mass media and various national organizations, a National "ASK ('Asking Saves Kids') Campaign," in which parents are encouraged to ask their neighbors:      1) whether they have a gun in their home, and  2) if so, how it is stored.  The goal, obviously, is to prompt participants' neighbors to make sure all firearms are stored in such a way as to prevent unauthorized access. This is a worthy goal, even if some might very seriously... The National NosyASK Campaign 2002 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/702751/posts#comment Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:27:20 GMT