It never ceases to amaze me how absolutly idiotic government can be. I sometimes wonder what our forefathers would say if they could travel to our era and see such amazingly dangerous legislation like the Patriot Act. It should not surprise me that such "disposable legislation" would show up in my own state's House, but somehow bill H.3777 surprises me.
It's not that trespassing on private land gets me, far from it. Trespassing is a topic near and dear to my heart as I've been dealing with it ever since I moved into my house. My back yard borders a very popular commercial area, and my neighborhood becomes the pedestrian's choice for coming and going from the restaurants, malls, theatres, and bars.
The issue that surprises me is that the bill in question goes to such great lengths to discriminate against Geocaching specifically. Everything the bill mentions already has a law governing the particular conduct. There are laws governing trespassing on private property. There's laws governing leaving unwanted items in public places (commonly referred to as littering). There's even laws governing access to arecheological sites.
So then, why the push to create a seperate set of rules for a particular group? I thought those days were over. I guess I'm wrong.
