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Even if it was on private land that practice is likely illegal at the federal level, IIRC. Doesn't sound like a nice guy.

• evo_9 6y ago
  Yeah I mention the nice guy part because it wasn't like he was a raving asshole day-in-day out. In fact he really was (outwardly anyway) a 'nice guy' pretty much always and didn't view his behavior as wrong at all (it was his 'property', etc). Even guys that are seemingly nice have very odd beliefs. It really opened my eyes as to what to talk about at work, even if the topic didn't seem 'fringe' to me. Older dudes out west/here in Colorado in particular grew up with a sort of cavalier notion of what freedom and America means to them, and telling them what they can or cannot do on their own property is the heart of the matter.
  • fossuser 6y ago
    I think in general people are wildly inconsistent in their beliefs and behaviors. Most people believe crazy things, even those that don't tend to not behave in consistent alignment with what they believe to be true or good.
  • kleer001 6y ago
    > do on their own property ... Yea, but their property doesn't exist in a vacuum. They have neighbours and there's always downstream effects. I'd say part of this attitude is an effect of rights becoming disconnected from responsibilities. Like, sure, one may "own" the land, but it better be well take care of, be a good steward. Not because there's immediate bad effects, but because those effects diffuse into the real non-human world.