[Baynative]

The "back to the earth hippie lifestyle" is fine for some. But, as genuinely concerned about the environment as they may be, their elitist tendency to look down on others inevitably comes shining through. As Simon Dale [himself] says: "Being your own (have a go) architect is a lot of fun and allows you to create and enjoy something which is part of yourself and the land rather than, at worst, a mass produced box designed for maximum profit and convenience of the construction industry."

There is something wrong with the psyche of the left in that they can never be proud of their own ideals without tearing down what others do.

It should also be noted that while keeping with the hobbit theme Mr. Dale's new projects are much bigger and employ building techniques that produce a larger carbon foot print than a patty cake mud hut.

[hinckley buzzard]

There is something wrong with the psyche of the left in that they can never be proud of their own ideals without tearing down what others do.<

Just so. Another illustration of my conclusion, which I have posted here at various times, that the driving dynamic of the left, whether Stalinist or flower child, is hostility toward one's fellow man.

The Left sings hymns to "the masses" while perpetrating gulags for the individuals and genocide for "the other" they so pompously revere in abstracto.