With respect to Mr. Jon and his reasonable post, I was struck how
structurally similar the issues of the siting of off-leach dog parks is to
the siting of affordable housing developments.  The best example is the
set of arguments used to characterize the Boulevard proposal for the
Norwest Bank at 53th and Lyndale.

These are territorial disputes that should be open to compromise.  While
these 2 cases are nowhere near the scope or political/emotional import of
the 50 year old Middle East crisis, they all share characteristics like
how they define reality to fit their respective positions, demonize the
opponnents, and appeal to higher principles for justification.

Just thinking and musing around.

David Wilson
Loring Park




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