He said, 'If you come on my land, I'll kill you'

http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/1000land.htm ^

[stylin19a]

the guy surely lost it, but you seem to miss the key phrase in here:

"Residents say officials grew dissatisfied with their existing easement, and announced they were going to excavate a new sewer line across the landowner's property."

you have rights outside your easement ?

try and effect a repair on an easement without going outside the easment.

[narses]

Sewer-cide is ugly. He is dead Jim. And by his own hand.

[zbigreddogz]

Even if that's 100% true, it doesn't justify attempted murder. They weren't trying to abduct his children or rape his wife.

If that's accurate, and I mean the whole truth, which I doubt it is, he should have protested, allowed it to happen, and then sued their a$$ off, which is just what the court system is for.

[UpAllNight]

Not even mentioning that little 'blue' ice that falls off as they descend to warmer altitudes.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I think you miss the point. Vin isn't justifying the killing, he's explaining it.

Vin wrote a book with "Carl Drega" in the title, another guy who was pushed too hard by an oppressive goverment. Worth a read.

[Polybius]

Normally, I agree with Vin. But killing these working men for "the principle" of the ability to act at will and without need for justification" is beyond rationality. A new sewer line running under his ~property~ was a justifiable cause for killing?

Do you have any idea how long it takes for grass seed to grow and get that land looking like its original condition again?

Then again, when he drives into town, he almost certainly drives on some road built on an easement through someone's property and the pissed off owners could practice their sniper skills on him the next time he drives down that road.

Quite a dilemma there. < /sarc>

That extreme degree of lone wolf territoriality is not compatible with a school of piranhas let alone human society.

[biff]

I wuz kinda thunkin he was one of them perverts too. You know, they say first it is trashcans, then it progresses to dumpsters and finally they end up in a county dump. LOL

[DCPatriot]

I realize that....probably just in a playful mood and jerking your chain a bit. ;^)

[Northeastern_Realist]

What a despicable coward this guy was. Sniping a couple of unarmed workers from 85 yards away. Wow, what a real man. Then on top of that he's too scared to face the consequences so he runs off into the woods and shoots himself.

[CDHart]

"In my opinion, the whole reason we have the Second Amendment is that sometimes the King's Men need killing, and the people need to have the ability to do so."

A refreshingly honest point of view. You are right. I think it was Thomas Jefferson who said "The tree of liberty must be refreshed, from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

Carolyn

[Gorzaloon]

Using this definition, I suppose you think I have the right to launch a rocket at a plane if it is to fly over my property without my permission?

Interesting thought.

Is it under 500 Feet?

[ipwnedu50]

Vin Suprynowicz, the pathetic piece of filth who praised the actions of Carl Drega. This idiot is no better than Osama Bin Laden. He wants others to take up arms against the eeevvvvviiiiilllllll big bad government that in his warped mind is out to get him, because he is too scared to do anything himself.

So he'll spread his filth from behind a computer or a piece of paper. He'll try to convince other fools to do his dirty work for him.

Vin Suprynowicz is a piece of garbage. The freak who murdered unarmed sewer workers and shot a cop is a piece of filth. Final Judgment won't be nice for either.

Suprynowicz and his ilk are going to learn one way or the other that they are not God.

[Thumper1960]

I think our founders had more respect for individual rights and property rights than those who run and administer government today. If those who administer government today were more cognizant of just who their employers are, they'd find that constructive dialogue, performed on a basis of mutual respect, would go a long way to resolving disputes in an equitable manner.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

"I think you missed this part:"
Didn't miss it, just wished there were more details. I'd like to know exactly what they were arguing over for years. Were they arguing over a new easement? The old one? Was he being totally intractable? Did the public's need really need a new easement? Etc.. I think the local government totally screwed up. But killin' people certainly wasn't the answer. I've dealt with small town politicians for 30 years, and they can be complete jerks, and, I think, in this case they were. Just wish I had more details.

[Hot Tabasco]

I hope you relatives are aware of your plans and put you away before you can harm them.

My relatives have nothing to worry about........Its your govt. and its agents who do.

[ccmay]

I don't think our founding fathers were thinking of going around administering vigilante justice against the local sewer guy. You are totally misreading the values and virtues of our founding fathers.

It would be instructive for some of these anarchist loudmouths to read about how George Washington dealt with the Whiskey Rebellion.

[ccmay]

I don't think our founding fathers were thinking of going around administering vigilante justice against the local sewer guy. You are totally misreading the values and virtues of our founding fathers.

It would be instructive for some of these anarchist loudmouths to read about how George Washington dealt with the Whiskey Rebellion.

-ccm

[tpaine]

An honorable man [driven to a last stand by bureaucracy], would have fired warning shots, ran them off his land, and then tried to justify his action.

LOL! That 'honorable' man would see himself on FOXNEWS LIVE surrounded by SWAT snipers.
And, if Janet Reno were AG, chances are he'd be burned alive.

"-- LOL! Guess a lot of Freepers can't find the diplomatic way to show support for this misguided soul without appearing unbalanced and extreme. --"

But seriously, I posted this to illustrate how misguided men, - 'defending "unfettered" property rights', -- can go totally over the top and work against our basic principles.

[Quickgun]

But the workers could have refused to go on the man's land.
I would have

[UpAllNight]

Would you recommend peaceful rallies, organizing behind your candidates and voting in those that would or just pulling out the ol' SKS and going down to city hall and whacking them?