This article really twists the situation out of control. He had the rights to those ponds, which he later lost for some reason (and likely not for no reason. Zoning boards usually aren't arbitrary or overly-activist), and was then diverting water from how it would naturally flow

For a place called natural news, they don't seem to like nature

it still is better than:

"It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale."

It sounds silly, but that one makes a lot of sense to me. Moving vehicles and firearms seem like a bad combination which should be discouraged, but obviously whalers can't just drop anchor and hope a whale swims by.

You missed the point. This is one step closer of the USA becoming a tyranical police state.

No, its not. This is out-of-context libertarian alarmism. The community has always had a stake in water rights, and water that flows through, to, or from your property is your responsibility, as in, you can't do bad things with it.

I'm sorely tempted to edit this thread title, really, but i'll keep this out of my new purview and instead just voice my disapproval

OREGON! FUCK YEAH!

that said lol at this but meh.

Feel free to edit, all I've read is this article. Clearly there's more to it than just what this article said.

The sticking point is this statement, here

Paul continues, "If you build a dam, an earthen dam, and interrupt the flow of water off of [YOUR OWN] property, and store that water that is an activity that would require a water right permit from us."

Like I said, change.

I'd still take issue with that statement, too.

And I thought it was crappy for the brazilian government to have a stake on any valuable ore you find in the underground of your property.

How long will the western world come up with stupid laws and unfair imprisonments and pretend it's still any fairer than Russia or China? To think a member posted on another thread that China would have to be freer politically "to be taken seriously". Haha.