Hi Darren: I think this woman was a nut-job b /c she over-reacted to trepassing. Makes me think she had a still or something else she was hiding! Sure, I don't want people trespassing on my property, but to take it to court seems a little extreme to me. What I would have done, had it been me, would be to say: "Cool! Let me know if you find anything!" I realize that not all people think like me. 'Tis a pity. Anita
----- Original Message ---- From: Darren Garrison <cyna...@charter.net> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:48:51 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunters Sentenced- new information On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:20:47 EDT, you wrote: >You must be joking! It's not like they were breaking into her house. > My "home" includes my land. If you are on my land, you are "in my house." >I own 700+ acres in Idaho and if I took a shot at someone every time there >were dirt bikers, snowmobilers, horse riders, hikers or hunters on my >land, I would run out of ammo. Crossing someone's land that is not fenced >and >posted is not that big of a deal in a civilized culture. > There is a difference between "crossing" and "wandering around on." And there is a difference between having hundreds of acres of open land and having a few acres that you live in, alone, elderly, and with a history of armed poachers on your land. Staying the holy hell off of someone else's personal property also should not be a problem in a civilized culture. >Don't make them out to be bad people or unprofesional. They were just >unlucky enough to cross a nut jobs path! I don't make them out to be bad people-- just wrong. And this woman is NOT a nut job. She was 100% within her rights. I don't know this woman, but I'm personally offended at her being characterized as a crackpot-- she was RIGHT, the collectors were WRONG. Some people think that their homes and their land are a personal refuge from the outside world where you can relax, live as you want, and BE SAFE. You have no way of knowing what the intentions of any trespasser are-- they could be harmless, and they could be out to rob or kill you-- and at the very least, they are disturbing your privacy. The burden is NOT on the home owner to prove that a trespasser is harmless before treating them like they are a danger. If a total stranger is found wandering on my property, the logical, sane, and self-preserving thing to do is be on my guard and assume that they are a risk until THEY prove that they are not. I used to wish a meteorite would fall on my property-- but after joining this list, I no longer wish that. People with the attitude of being able to go wherever they damn well please without permission and people with attitudes like Steve Arnold's, where he bragged about using hard-sell tactics to try to badger land owners into letting him search their lands make me hope like hell that a meteorite never lands anywhere near me. ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
