Comments on: Could you get a restraining order against Santa? http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 16:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Tynam http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1616389 Tynam Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1616389 Not a problem.  Several countries' mail services accept delivery of letters to Santa.  (Use recorded delivery, obviously.) Not a problem.  Several countries’ mail services accept delivery of letters to Santa.  (Use recorded delivery, obviously.)

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1616358 Wreckrob8 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1616358 Not to mention the elfsploitation flicks. Not to mention the elfsploitation flicks.

]]> By: TheDonatistControversy http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1616199 TheDonatistControversy Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1616199 Ha!  Good point.  I must confess to never having seen Miracle on 34th Street, so I wasn't aware of that particular incident. Ha!  Good point.  I must confess to never having seen Miracle on 34th Street, so I wasn’t aware of that particular incident.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1616197 oasisob1 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1616197 And elves get paid what, exactly? Epic sweatshop charges incoming. And elves get paid what, exactly? Epic sweatshop charges incoming.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1616196 oasisob1 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1616196 Set the court date for 24 December, late evening, and make sure the courthouse has a chimney. Leave out milk, cookies, and the summons disguised as a 'what I want for xmas' letter. Done! Set the court date for 24 December, late evening, and make sure the courthouse has a chimney. Leave out milk, cookies, and the summons disguised as a ‘what I want for xmas’ letter. Done!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1616156 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1616156 You have to notify him that you plan to get a restraining order, with proof of notification. If he doesn't show up for court, you need to do it again. You have to notify him that you plan to get a restraining order, with proof of notification. If he doesn’t show up for court, you need to do it again.

]]> By: James Agenbroad http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1616120 James Agenbroad Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1616120  It's certainly been 100s of years since that offence.  It’s certainly been 100s of years since that offence.

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1616050 Nash Rambler Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1616050 Hmmm, it's true.  It could be argued that the intervening 1,622 years would justify the statement "unbroken record of hundreds of years of peaceful activity."  At worst, St. Nick would be a persistent offender. Hmmm, it’s true.  It could be argued that the intervening 1,622 years would justify the statement “unbroken record of hundreds of years of peaceful activity.”  At worst, St. Nick would be a persistent offender.

]]> By: James Agenbroad http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1615954 James Agenbroad Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1615954 But he also has a history of violence...He put the smackdown on Arias of Alexandria, although that was back in 325 AD. But he also has a history of violence…He put the smackdown on Arias of Alexandria, although that was back in 325 AD.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1615955 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1615955 Restraining orders seem like the wrong scale for dealing with this corpulent elf. Can you <em>imagine</em> how many customs duties he doesn't pay every year, or how many border control violations he commits during his annual 'non-state-actor-gonna-violate-your-airspace world tour'? He'd better hope that Rudolf's nose isn't as bright and shiny in the IR band as it is in the visible red, or he could run into real trouble... Restraining orders seem like the wrong scale for dealing with this corpulent elf.

Can you imagine how many customs duties he doesn’t pay every year, or how many border control violations he commits during his annual ‘non-state-actor-gonna-violate-your-airspace world tour’?

He’d better hope that Rudolf’s nose isn’t as bright and shiny in the IR band as it is in the visible red, or he could run into real trouble…

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1615937 oasisob1 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1615937 And even if you could get the protective order, doesn't someone have to present him with it in order for it to be valid? And even if you could get the protective order, doesn’t someone have to present him with it in order for it to be valid?

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1615935 Nash Rambler Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1615935 ". . .Santa has an unbroken record of hundreds of years of peaceful activity."  Sorry Cory, but I must correct you.  As evidence presented in the hearing "State of NY v. Kris Kringle (c. 1947)," Santa forcibly struck one Granville Sawyer with a blow to the head. “. . .Santa has an unbroken record of hundreds of years of peaceful activity.”  Sorry Cory, but I must correct you.  As evidence presented in the hearing “State of NY v. Kris Kringle (c. 1947),” Santa forcibly struck one Granville Sawyer with a blow to the head.

]]> By: Gregor Mendel http://boingboing.net/2012/12/27/could-you-get-a-restraining-or.html#comment-1615922 Gregor Mendel Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202942#comment-1615922 A temporary restraining order is meant to preserve the status quo. If the status quo you are maintaining is the absence of Santa, then ok.  But once you invite him in (like a vampire) you're stuck. A temporary restraining order is meant to preserve the status quo. If the status quo you are maintaining is the absence of Santa, then ok.  But once you invite him in (like a vampire) you’re stuck.

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