Phoenix Woman Ordered to Not Give Out Water in 112 Degree Heat Because She Lacked a Permit: Absurd or Appropriate?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/08/21 23:00:00

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	Absurd	465 votes	96%
	Appropriate	18 votes	4%

REASON.COM reports:
This is what government is all about. Forget roads, mass murder through warfare, or locking people up for their consumption choices: it's making sure that no one gives out water without a permit.

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sglmom 2012/08/21 22:47:16

Absurd

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Asinine ..
(Government needs to BUTT OUT of this .. seriously .. sealed bottled water .. in High Heat .. would they rather have folks pass out from Heat Stroke and possibly die?)
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zbacku 2012/08/22 03:45:45 (edited)

Absurd

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Government Nazis at their finest.
If she was a Muslim, she would have been heralded as an outstanding citizen not a 'proselytizer'.

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Somkey the Hores 2012/08/22 03:21:37

Absurd

+6
Screw the government.

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Koma 2012/08/22 03:21:06

Absurd

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The warped logic of the diseased liberal mindset.

Liberalism is a deadly disease.

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TheBorg 2012/08/22 03:20:00

Appropriate

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it is ridiculous the number of people who think and act like government is some foreign entity. We the people ARE the government and if people are so asinine to keep voting for the same Democrat/Republican c%^k s#$%ers over and over again then so be it when a woman gets harassed by the police for handing out water to people in need.

If you continually vote for the same two parties, you are the one responsible for the current state of the nation.

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Koma to TheBorg 2012/08/22 03:26:14

+2
George was right.

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Wulfdane to TheBorg 2012/08/22 04:55:26 (edited)

Well said, nothing more I can offer that you haven't covered.

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Johann to TheBorg 2012/08/22 06:12:05

Spot on!

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akhippie to TheBorg 2012/08/22 09:15:59

What's the alternative?

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Kurbdog 2012/08/22 03:16:11

Absurd

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Joe wants EVERYONE to suffer !

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zbacku to Kurbdog 2012/08/22 03:50:01

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Why, because he wants to keep ILLEGALS OUT of the country?

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TheBorg to zbacku 2012/08/22 04:12:06 (edited)

He is an ass-hat just like the rest of them.

I don't hear him or anyone else complaining about the Canadians coming into this country illegally or any European for that matter. Sheriff Ass-hat hates illegals when they are not wasps.

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gary ® to TheBorg 2012/08/22 04:18:24

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Canadians? Last time I checked, Arizona doesn't border Canada anywhere.

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Shadow_... to gary ® 2012/08/22 05:03:06

That has nothing to do with Arizona

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JenSemPa to TheBorg 2012/08/22 05:21:11

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Actually, genius, Arpaio is against all illegal immigration, no matter what country the offenders come from.

It just so happens that his state borders Mexico. Canada is at least 1,000 miles from there. Duh.

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Kurbdog to zbacku 2012/08/22 06:02:06

No. He is a thug ,and likes to see people suffer. So did andrew thomas but we got rid of that jerk.

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The.Z.Viru5 2012/08/22 03:14:23

Absurd

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When our government is attempting to heed the good, compassionate deeds of citizens, that's when we really need to worry. Had someone died because of this moronic law, the blood would be on THEIR hands.

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Scott C 2012/08/22 02:58:04

Absurd

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You have to know that there are some real sick people running our government when they refuse to let you give out water in 102 degree temps or hide formula so you have to breast feed...something is screwed up major.

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Peggy 2012/08/22 02:56:58

Absurd

+7
Stupidity at its worst!

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Gracie - Proud Conservative 2012/08/22 02:56:54

Absurd

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But you must put water in the desert for the illegals so they don't die.

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MOMMA THOMAS 2012/08/22 02:51:23

Absurd

+1
WHAT THA?!!!!!

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DJL 2012/08/22 02:48:56

Absurd

+2
:This would not happen where I live. You only need a permit to sell not to give away. This summer they were asking people to provide bottled water for volunteers that were doing cleanup in the heat.

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BerryColor 2012/08/22 02:45:06

Absurd

+1
I'm not sure I even understand the point of it :/

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☆Hitler was a community org... 2012/08/22 02:43:28

Absurd

that along with most of Arizona

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☆ElenaDiamond☆ 2012/08/22 02:40:23

Absurd

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This is why we need to get big government out of our lives. This is ridiculous. It begs the questions, if she was a non-Christian would she have been so persecuted?

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legalamericanwoman 2012/08/22 02:38:10

Absurd

+2
Mark 9 : 41

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Tennessee3501 2012/08/22 02:35:49

Absurd

+1
When I see something like this, I wonder if we would have been better off if the Soviet Union had won the Cold War and the government official responsible for this insanity could have been seized and sent to the salt mines in Siberia without a trial! His lawyer could have argued that his client was and is insane, but the lawyer could then could have been seized and sent to the salt mines in Siberia along with his client! The Soviets had a great system (Sacasm) !

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jubil8 BN-0 PON 2012/08/22 02:34:00

Absurd

+5
Similar to not being able to give food to a homeless person.

Bureaucrat = idiot.

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Somkey ... to jubil8 ... 2012/08/22 03:26:41

+1
Burrocrat.

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srini 2012/08/22 02:32:44

Absurd

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This is not in the scope of government -- they got into it, and of course they can't do what they're actually supposed to (defence, police, restricted road-maintenance).

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Lakota Deviant 2012/08/22 02:32:17

Absurd

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You need a vending license according to the city code if your selling something but she was not. The city was unjustified biased on it's own city code to tell her to stop. This was just some stupid city employee who didn't understand the law.

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Kim(: 2012/08/22 02:19:08

Absurd

+1
Give me a break

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evangelism_vision 2012/08/22 02:13:16

Absurd

+1
IT'S TIME TO KILL MANY OF THE REGULATIONS AND LET'S GET BACK TO COMMON SENSE

We can start in our own Communities at City Hall

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Wm Kabrich 2012/08/22 02:08:49

Absurd

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Asinine ..
Government needs to BUTT OUT PERIOD. Get Mooochel out of my kitchen, Get EPA out of my parks and lands, Get NTSB out of my car and off my motorcycle. If I want to die let me alone.

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Dan 2012/08/22 01:57:18

Absurd

+3

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Savior 2012/08/22 01:54:13

Absurd

+4
And yet some say we need MORE regulations.

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Lil 2012/08/22 01:46:59

Absurd

+2
Really? REALLY?!

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Havebntohvn 2012/08/22 01:43:21

Absurd

+4
I live in the Phoenix valley. If a person doesn't get water in the extreme heat here...death could very easily occur. It's not a matter of permit or no permit. It is a matter of life and death, period!

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Cameron 2012/08/22 01:23:55

Absurd

+1
That's insane. What, do they think she would poison it?

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Ozzyboy 2012/08/22 01:13:51

Absurd

+3
A friend in AZ says it is against the law to not give water to someone who asks for water.

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