You're not gonna like this, but yeah - it should still be the right of the land owner to do with their property what they please.
It's funny, I am neither a liberal or a conservative, which is why I abhor labels, because in general I find so many people in the world today to be thoroughly spoiled and obstinate.
I have never been wealthy enough to insulate myself from every aspect of society or other people; so I never expected that there wouldn't be a certain amount of give-and-take in life.
I gotta say, I agree with you LDS. We have this going on all the time out where i am. Somebody moved out to the middle of nowhere here, onto about 1000 acres, and decided to have certain activities like concerts. Others come here buy up 200 acres and then decide to put ATV trails up. Then, the neighbors "react" and start pressing their political buddies in town to make new ordinances against whatever their neighbors are trying to do.
It's so absurd. A big long endless game.
There are 10 acres next to mine that somebody in TX owns, but the land sits vacant. There are 45 acres adjoining the back of me that are also vacant. There is a 2,000 acre cattle farm across from me, which is somewhat "safe". But.... I am fully AWARE that they may eventually be purchased and that someone may eventually build something on them. If the cattle farmer dies, maybe his kids willl divide up the land and people will build homesteads on the parcels.
However, I purposely chose to buy land where the deed has no restrictions. I did not want to own something and have others telling me what I can and can't do on my own property. And the libertarian side of me wants to allow others to live that way, too.
I also realize i can't "control" everything that happens around me, and my expectation has never been a perfect life. Things change, you are always wrestling with something new, nothing remains the same.
If somebody builds a chicken house next to me, and i'm downwind, and it's not illegal, then I will probably just move. To me, that is being a practical person. You don't like something, you don't stay in it. Ditto, crummy bosses and jobs. Get your .... up and find something else.
But------I also understand that because I can't own my very own island, there are other people in the world to contend with, I am not the center of the universe, so my needs, my wants, my lifestyle are not the be-all end-all and I am not Master of the Universe. I am used to cutting people some slack, and trying to work out compromises. And, I keep trying to develop more patience because I think it is a virtue.
In life, there are 2 winners, IMHO, and that is 1) flexible people and 2) resourceful people. If you can't be those things then you are in for a world of hurt, misery, and disappointment. And, a lot of fighting.
I learned about flexibilitiy from living among many pine trees that are 50+ feet tall and can fall over on me at any time, but they are very strong, even in the wind, because they are FLEXIBLE. Water is the most resourcerful substance, it will go over, around, below, above, and can wear away a huge boulder in time, drip drip drip.
I guess you can see now that I really can't support any kind of extreme. Nothing is black and white to me. We all live by our wits, and have to constantly adjust our footing. If your feet are in cement, you are rendered immobile, and that's the very worst place to be. Those are the trees that, in straight winds, simple come up out of the ground, roots up, and fall on your house. That is because they have no flexibility.
I learn everything from my dogs and nature.
And by the way.....Junkyard dogs may be loud and scary, but have a very limited lifespan, and little power. They are usually miserable which is why they bark so much, prisoners of their own misery, and then, there is always somebody who will just come along and shoot them LOL (that is a metaphor by the way, so please take it as such).
