Happy Killdozer Day!

[DaveTN]

4 minutes ago, Capbyrd said:

 

Well that definitely makes it okay.   Why didn't you just open with that. 

 

I don't understand your comment? 

[peejman]

Doesn't seem like this is an eminent domain issue.  The .gov wasn't taking his property for a .gov project.  He got screwed by the local zoning commission because they wanted more tax revenue from a large private business. 

I'm sure the proper course of action would have been to spend truck loads of money suing the municipality, because that's the only way to accomplish anything in modern America. This guy chose civil disobedience instead. If you're gonna do that, do it with style. He did. 

[DaveTN]

5 minutes ago, peejman said:

Doesn't seem like this is an eminent domain issue.  The .gov wasn't taking his property for a .gov project.  He got screwed by the local zoning commission because they wanted more tax revenue from a large private business. 

I'm sure the proper course of action would have been to spend truck loads of money suing the municipality, because that's the only way to accomplish anything in modern America. This guy chose civil disobedience instead. If you're gonna do that, do it with style. He did. 

No, as I stated in the post, this was not an Eminent Domain issue. I was commenting on Chucks comment about property rights. I’m just surprised the SCOTUS ruled in favor of it.

[E4 No More]

1 hour ago, peejman said:

Doesn't seem like this is an eminent domain issue.  The .gov wasn't taking his property for a .gov project.  He got screwed by the local zoning commission because they wanted more tax revenue from a large private business. 

I'm sure the proper course of action would have been to spend truck loads of money suing the municipality, because that's the only way to accomplish anything in modern America. This guy chose civil disobedience instead. If you're gonna do that, do it with style. He did. 

The .gov doesn't need to take land for a .gov project: https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2015/06/29/the-supreme-court-decision-that-threatened-justices-own-homes

[Capbyrd]

1 hour ago, DaveTN said:

I don't understand your comment? 

 

 

What's not to understand.   You admit that ED is wrong and then follow it up with but SCOTUS says its okay.   Who cares if the law is wrong, its the law so it must be right.  Its that cop attitude.   "If you don't like the law, change it, until then, I'm going to enforce it."  

[DaveTN]

11 minutes ago, Capbyrd said:

What's not to understand.   You admit that ED is wrong and then follow it up with but SCOTUS says its okay.   Who cares if the law is wrong, its the law so it must be right.  Its that cop attitude.   "If you don't like the law, change it, until then, I'm going to enforce it."  

Reading is fundamental; you need to go back and reread what I wrote; you didn’t comprehend it first go around.

I never said or implied I thought it was okay; quite the opposite. It’s a discussion not an opportunity for you attack what you perceive as my attitude. Your hatred is blinding you.

[Capbyrd]

43 minutes ago, DaveTN said:

Reading is fundamental; you need to go back and reread what I wrote; you didn’t comprehend it first go around.

I never said or implied I thought it was okay; quite the opposite. It’s a discussion not an opportunity for you attack what you perceive as my attitude. Your hatred is blinding you.

 

I don't see anything in that post that disputes what I said.   Perhaps the reader isn't the issue but rather the author.  

And there is no hatred.   I can't hate you, Dave, I don't know you.  

Let me write a post that opposes your view but is structured like the post we are talking about.  

"The cop saved that man's life by administering first aid and keeping him alive until paramedics could arrive and transport.   But he's still a cop."   Read that a few times and see how it reads to you. 

[Magiccarpetrides]

While I would never go to the extremes this guy did...the fact he only flattened the buildings and didn't kill or injure the people responsible for his plight makes him a folk hero...albeit a crazy one...in my mind.  You really can never know what someone will do when you push them to their limit...best not too.

[peejman]

3 hours ago, E4 No More said:

The .gov doesn't need to take land for a .gov project: https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2015/06/29/the-supreme-court-decision-that-threatened-justices-own-homes

I didn't think about it at the time, but similar stuff happened when they built Hamilton Place mall in Chattanooga, which was built on a subdivison.  I recall there being a few hold outs but I don't remember if they finally caved and sold or were forced out.