Rivers have rights? Who Da Thunk:

[Phil Fravel]

If the river really scores here. We can all identify as a river.

 

[FinLuver]

The cheese really has slid off some people’s crackers.

 

[Matt B]

That said my penis is currently seeking representation in it's emancipation case. It honestly might be a good thing for me personally as it can be a liability with it's reckless decision making and arrogant attitude.

 

[bobduck]

The cheese really has slid off some people’s crackers.

You must be talking about the judge.

 

[SculpinSwinger]

 

[Flymph]

On Friday, a judge will consider whether the Snohomish River has rights:

On Friday, a judge will consider whether the Snohomish River has rights - HeraldNet.com

Developers are taking an initiative that grants the Snohomish River legal standing rights to court, arguing the law oversteps its bounds.

www.heraldnet.com

Should Rivers Have Rights? A Growing Movement Says It’s About Time

Inspired by indigenous views of nature, a movement to grant a form of legal “personhood” to rivers is gaining some ground — a key step, advocates say, in reversing centuries of damage inflicted upon the world’s waterways.

e360.yale.edu

This is not the river I saw a couple of years ago on a PBS special but carries the same message. Might be the last hope for streams!

 

[wanderingrichard]

Hopefully this works, this time. If not, googles " items and creatures granted personhood". Rivers have already been done

Google Search

Just be aware that the search results sometimes vary.

 

[Dustin Chromers]

Anthropomorphism of everything is more than a slippery slope. It's an idiots tower. I wonder if people who are so progressive that they support this type of thing here will feel when fish are bestowed rights and are then protected from the abuse of catch and release angling.. let's be honest it's no better than fox hunting. And with a fly rod! Why is the unabashed cruel elitism many rally against.

 

[JimTravers¤£a!!Travers]

Under My Main Amendment only one with any rights is ME!!! I USURP all priorities!!! No one takes precedent over ME!!!

 

[RCF]

Update: Judge's ruling on river and watershed rights:

Can a watershed have legal rights? The Snohomish River debate deepens

The tide is turning in a Snohomish County legal battle over whether a river and its watershed have legal rights that can be defended in court.

www.kuow.org

 

[Peyton00]

Anthropomorphism of everything is more than a slippery slope. It's an idiots tower. I wonder if people who are so progressive that they support this type of thing here will feel when fish are bestowed rights and are then protected from the abuse of catch and release angling.. let's be honest it's no better than fox hunting. And with a fly rod! Why is the unabashed cruel elitism many rally against.

So true.

Look but do not touch. Don't even think about floating it.