> Why is the rock yours? How did your family attain ownership of it? The rock is mine because my family bought land a few hundred years ago, and the previous o

> Why is the rock yours? How did your family attain ownership of it? The rock is mine because my family bought land a few hundred years ago, and the previous owner thought the rock was ugly and let it for us. > If the rock means little to you, why should you have it rather than the cult that actually values it? The rock means a lot to me, because it reminds me of my ancestors. I value it, but I just don't have a billion dollars to attach to it as its value. > What if the cult wants to preserve the rock but you want to destroy it even though that will cause great pain to those who care about it? I dunno. I think it is my rock and I can do with it what I want. But I don't want to destroy it, I just want to keep it where it has been for the past 200 years, near my family home's fireplace. > Why should you have permanent ownership of a rock just because your parents had it? Because that's how ownership works. If anyone can come take anything from you at any point, then I don't think you can ever be considered to own something.