"but killing these working men for "the principle" of the ability to act at will and without need for justification" is beyond rationality."
without speaking to him, would you say he was "beyond rationality", insane?
do you know all the circumstances that led up to the incident? do you know what the attitude of the "working men" was during and before the incident?
did all this happen in a vacuum, with no justification for his action?
it seems that he paid the ultimate price for his actions based upon principle.
to call the man insane is arrogant, callous and brutish at best.
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?
without speaking to him, would you say he was "beyond rationality", insane?
He's dead, no one can speak to him, - although it's certainly wise to question the rationality of his actions. Insane[?], - I doubt it.
do you know all the circumstances that led up to the incident?
No. -- I only know the outcome of his irrationality about property rights.
do you know what the attitude of the "working men" was during and before the incident?
No. I doubt anyone ever will.
did all this happen in a vacuum, with no justification for his action?
No, it happened in the real world, where irrational bureaucrats drive irrational property owners into corners that should not exist under our Constitution.
it seems that he paid the ultimate price for his actions based upon principle.
His 'principle' about property was flawed. So was that of the 'authorities'.
to call the man insane is arrogant, callous and brutish at best.
You called him insane, not me.