No it isn't. He didn't want to run an outdoor activity centre, he wanted to grow food. He would have made a go of it but for vandals and trespassers. You may think thats okay. I don't.
Its exactly the same as saying if someone breaks into your house and defacates on the carpet, rather than clean up, should you make a bit of money by turning your spare bedroom into a public convenience? You know - for the community?
Its not about "community" or "rights". The community have NO rights to trespass on private land. None. You may choose to excuse these criminals, but they damage peoples lives in the same way as other people who choose to break into house or cars. People DO have to pay to clean up after them and committing criminal acts that take money out of other peoples pockets is simply not okay, nor should it be condoned or appeased. It should be punished. If you feel differently, genuinely, don't tell your farming neighbours if you get some land in England. Really, you won't be popular with people who have to put up with land vandalism rather than just talking about it. Community is about the will of people who actually live and work in it - I suggest if you are lucky enough to get some land that you listen to the "land owning community".
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Its exactly the same as saying if someone breaks into your house and defacates on the carpet, rather than clean up, should you make a bit of money by turning your spare bedroom into a public convenience? You know - for the community?
Its not about "community" or "rights". The community have NO rights to trespass on private land. None. You may choose to excuse these criminals, but they damage peoples lives in the same way as other people who choose to break into house or cars. People DO have to pay to clean up after them and committing criminal acts that take money out of other peoples pockets is simply not okay, nor should it be condoned or appeased. It should be punished. If you feel differently, genuinely, don't tell your farming neighbours if you get some land in England. Really, you won't be popular with people who have to put up with land vandalism rather than just talking about it. Community is about the will of people who actually live and work in it - I suggest if you are lucky enough to get some land that you listen to the "land owning community".
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