“A more accurate analogy would be if the lawnmower, which happened to be stored in your shed, was jointly owned by the entire neighborhood.”
No. A more accurate analogy would if I provided the lawnmower for the neighborhood to use. When the neighbors starting spitting on me and my kids for some strange reason I wanted to discontinue that arrangement.
“Common sense says that jointly owned property does not become yours merely because you want it.”
Correct, but that conclusion is based on your false analogy so I, as usual, am correct and you are wrong.
But you didn't. Sumter may have been built on land deeded to the federal government, free and clear, by the South Carolina legislature but it was built with federal money provided by all the states. Their claims of ownership were at least as strong as South Carolina's, and South Carolina wanted to seize the property without any compensation to the other owners. So if the neighbors were spitting on you then maybe it's because you were stealing from them?
Correct, but that conclusion is based on your false analogy so I, as usual, am correct and you are wrong.
Still a legend in your own mind, huh? So indulge us. Why don't the other states have a monetary stake in Sumter or any of the other federal property the South stole? Their taxes paid for it.