# Pitting UltraVires

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734 "2018-09-22T16:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734/615 "2022-04-08T02:29:13Z")

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[Hot off the presses:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-pregnant-men-and-the-like/962378/93)

See, it’s perfectly reasonable to say that the right to do un-permitted home improvement is as fundamentally important as the right to live openly as gay or transgender. Because most people would probably prefer to save $50 on a building permit than to live as gay or transgender.

🙄 I’ll take “What is a base rate fallacy?” for that $50, Alex.

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