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[–]Alphix 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Oh, no. I mean LITERALLY collecting rainwater runoff from his own roof on his own property into barrels to water his garden with. No streams are harmed by this practice. There were many such interdictions over the years. Here's one I could readily find from 2012:

https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/oregon-man-sentenced-30-days-jail-collecting-rainwater-his-property

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It does say that guy had dams on his property, though.

Still, this seems heavy-handed to me, and reinforces my view that Oregon has kind of an overgrown government.

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ah, yet you still believe the USA is the land of the free. Sigh.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's a nickname. Nicknames don't have to be fact checked. Doc Severinsen is not an actual physician, Ron White is not potato salad, etc.

That said, there are good reasons for this nickname. Some guy in Oregon not being allowed to build dams all over the place doesn't negate these reasons.