[MD] Capitalism: A Question of Morality

[Dan Glover]

Hello everyone

>From: "Case" <Case at iSpots.com>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
>Subject: Re: [MD] Capitalism: A Question of Morality
>Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:34:21 -0500
>
>[Case]
> >I say Live Long and Prosper.
>
>[Dan]
>So it's a no-brainer. Spoken like a true capitalist!
>
>[Case]
>No need to be insulting.

So you're not a true capitalist?

>I was responding to the situation you presented. If
>there are highways and developments already moving in on the piece of
>property you mention all that could happen is he delays the inevitable.

Kind of like treating a disease is only delaying inevitable death?

>It
>seems there are other factors at work here that you have not mentioned.

Well of course. I could write a book.

>If
>the tenant farmer is that good of a family friend, it would seem that Roy
>would have ample resources to invest in a future farm on more suitable 
>land.
>The property you mention that is pristine and a good hunting spot, sounds
>like it would make a nice park. Many people in my area love their land as
>well. One rancher in my area raised cattle on 5,000 acres of swampland that
>serves are part of the watershed for a sizable portion of my state. His
>family donated or sold the land to the state as a park to preserve it.
>
>But that is not the situation you described or as I understood it anyway. 
>If
>the personal bonds run that deep I would expect them to run both ways. If
>there are other considerations that need to be factored in maybe I just
>missed them. But as I said I live in one of the most rapidly growing areas
>of the country and there is nothing that can be done to stop it.
>
>Nothing.

I know of 2 small town mayors who ARE doing something to stop the 
uncontrolled growth in this area (which incidently is the second fastest 
growing county in the entire nation). Growth isn't necessarily a bad thing 
if managed correctly.

>
>To the reading list gav submitted I added a few of my own. Carl Hiaasen
>writes incredibly funny and insightful novels about the good the bad and
>ugly in the state of Florida. I recommend everything he has written but 
>from
>a purely environmental stand point, Native Tongue or Tourist Season.

Anything by Cormac McCarthy - The Road is his latest.