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I guess you don't believe in painting your house either, right? That land belongs to all of us and it needs to be maintained properly. It's not only our responsibility, it's a point of pride that we do it. IT'S OURS!!!!

Oh, what precious sentiment. I feel all happy and patriotic about it. BTW, I need a new paintjob on my car. When are you going to be heading over to have it done for me and pay for it to boot?

Your car is yours, it's YOUR responsibility. The land belongs to ALL of us, at least that portion we've put aside for future generations. If we don't maintain it properly, we end up with wild, raging forest fires that rob people of their personal property, property they bought and paid for with their hard earned cash.

Sounds like you're one of those "free spirits" who believe everything should be free. Well, it doesn't work that way. Anything worth having is worth working for, that includes the vast expanses of this country that WE are responsible for. That's why we have to have fire roads, we have to allow proper thinning of the forests, and we have to return to allowing grazing rights since that clears the underbrush.

Too bad about your car, you really should take better care of things, but then, it's yours to do with as you please. You can even go around looking like a pig because you haven't bothered to maintain the paint job.