Tresspassers Will
We live on a ranch of about one hundred acres, several miles out of town. Currently growing lettuce, strawberries and cauliflower. Our house is right up on the road, with a small tractor yard adjoining it.
Today, after lunch, I looked out our back window to see two trucks parked down at the end of the ranch. Several figures were visible, and I could see the dust of a four-wheeler pluming into the air. I trudged out and confronted them. It was a young family out celebrating the fine weather with their new four-wheeler.
They explained to me that they hadn't realized they were on private property.
Uh, okay. Look, fellow, you load up your four-wheeler, you drive down several miles of country road, you turn down a dirt road in the middle of nowhere and rumble down that several hundred yards; you stop, surrounded by rows of strawberries of cauliflower and think to yourself, "gee, this must be public property."
Perhaps such idiocy and disregard of the basic rule of law is not surprising, given that half the country seems to see nothing wrong with millions of people illegally crossing our borders and, subsequently, illegaly residing in our country.
Perhaps it is not surprising due to the general sentiment that a lot of people have regarding open country. They think of it as "open space" and that they, the public, have some sort of right to it as a nice view, to be kept pristine and green. Such a sentiment starts to lend a sense of ownership, however misguided and baseless, in those who entertain it.
Anyway, I kicked the tresspassers off the ranch.
Private property. Tresspassers will be prosecuted.
Today, after lunch, I looked out our back window to see two trucks parked down at the end of the ranch. Several figures were visible, and I could see the dust of a four-wheeler pluming into the air. I trudged out and confronted them. It was a young family out celebrating the fine weather with their new four-wheeler.
They explained to me that they hadn't realized they were on private property.
Uh, okay. Look, fellow, you load up your four-wheeler, you drive down several miles of country road, you turn down a dirt road in the middle of nowhere and rumble down that several hundred yards; you stop, surrounded by rows of strawberries of cauliflower and think to yourself, "gee, this must be public property."
Perhaps such idiocy and disregard of the basic rule of law is not surprising, given that half the country seems to see nothing wrong with millions of people illegally crossing our borders and, subsequently, illegaly residing in our country.
Perhaps it is not surprising due to the general sentiment that a lot of people have regarding open country. They think of it as "open space" and that they, the public, have some sort of right to it as a nice view, to be kept pristine and green. Such a sentiment starts to lend a sense of ownership, however misguided and baseless, in those who entertain it.
Anyway, I kicked the tresspassers off the ranch.
Private property. Tresspassers will be prosecuted.
posted by ToadRocket at 4:17 PM
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