And now for something weird...

shortbus

Joined Sep 30, 2009
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https://www.insider.com/bees-offici...ornia-judges-ruling-endangered-species-2022-6
California court rules that bees are a type of fish in order to protect them under the state's endangered species act
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Image for illustration purposes only. Bee pictured is not Californian.

Is Aquaman a fish?
Kind of like how a tomato, a fruit, became a vegetable.

"The confusion on whether tomatoes are fruits or vegetables has led to legal dispute in the United States. In 1887, U.S. tariff laws that imposed a duty on vegetables, but not on fruit, caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. In Nix v. Hedden, the U.S. Supreme Court settled the tariff controversy on May 10, 1893, by declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, based on the popular definition that classifies vegetables by use—they are generally served with dinner and not dessert.[30] The holding of this case applies only to the interpretation of the Tariff of 1883, and the court did not purport to reclassify the tomato for botanical or other purposes." From - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato
 

cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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Kind of like how a tomato, a fruit, became a vegetable.

"The confusion on whether tomatoes are fruits or vegetables has led to legal dispute in the United States. In 1887, U.S. tariff laws that imposed a duty on vegetables, but not on fruit, caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. In Nix v. Hedden, the U.S. Supreme Court settled the tariff controversy on May 10, 1893, by declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, based on the popular definition that classifies vegetables by use—they are generally served with dinner and not dessert.[30] The holding of this case applies only to the interpretation of the Tariff of 1883, and the court did not purport to reclassify the tomato for botanical or other purposes." From - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato
I would've thought that the scientific definition of fruit, which is the the transformation from flower to a seed-bearing pod for reproductive purposes, would have prevailed in this case.
 

MrSalts

Joined Apr 2, 2020
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I would've thought that the scientific definition of fruit, which is the the transformation from flower to a seed-bearing pod for reproductive purposes, would have prevailed in this case.
Laws are not like programming. The lawyers get to argue what the authors of the law MEANT instead of what the law said. Code compilers are not quite so flexible.
 

cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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A woman may be in for a $5.2m (£4.2m) payout after she allegedly contracted a sexually transmitted infection while having sex in a car.
The US woman, identified in court files as 'MO', said she caught the human papillomavirus (HPV) from having sex with her then-partner in his car.
This week, the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a judgment that awarded MO a hefty settlement - to be paid by Geico, which insured the vehicle.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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