# The legality of deterring mailbox baseball

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legality-of-deterring-mailbox-baseball/593646>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 22, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legality-of-deterring-mailbox-baseball/593646 "2011-08-22T12:24:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legality-of-deterring-mailbox-baseball/593646/667 "2021-09-10T11:59:06Z")

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[![](https://newbeautifulera.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/gary-larsen.png) ](https://newbeautifulera.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/gary-larsen.png)

Even nature says “Do Not Touch”. I can’t take credit for thinking of this cartoon. It was brought up in the 21st post of:

> [@I was assaulted at work over vaccines/masks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-assaulted-at-work-over-vaccines-masks/950381/21):
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> You might want to give them fair warning. [[image] ](https://newbeautifulera.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/gary-larsen.png)

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