One can’t help but admire the brilliance…

GATWICK Passengers landing at Gatwick airport are being greeted by a giant naked pole dancer. The 9,000 sq m (100,000 sq ft) image is painted on grassland under the incoming flight path.

Planning officers are investigating whether permission was granted for the advertisement, which promotes a website. The Council to Protect Rural England said that the display was “a tacky advert which set a nasty precedent”.

Discussion question: If this advertisement was done with the permission of the property owner (and I’m guessing it couldn’t have been done any other way) what right does the government have to make it go away?  Where do private property rights begin and the power of the government to decide was is and is not “tacky” and not fit for public consumption end?