<VV> Re: Zoning issues from Sema

[corvairs]

Tim - The history of mankind is one person trying to take away what 
another person has. It's the eternal struggle. But before you condemn 
your fellow man, ask yourself which of your own (I don't mean yours 
personally) pet schemes, phobias, nifty ideas etc. you have supported as 
codified law. If your answer is "none" I would say you're in a tiny 
minority of the human race.

This is an important Corvair related discussion because the 33 years 
I've been in business I have dealt with NUMEROUS Corvair "experts" 
"collectors" "eccentrics" "cranks" whatever, who's basic problem wasn't 
that they thought, because of some high libertarian morals, that they 
were being wronged - oh no, it was because no one was going to tell them 
what they could do on thier own property and everyone else could go jump 
in a lake. Many of these folks had no regards for thier neighbor's 
health or safety and some even seemed to enjoy ticking them off as much 
as possible.

And he's how it works - Most of us would agree that there is a BIG 
differnce between 20 abandoned Corvairs and one or  two. And the laws, 
we would hope, would reflect that. Oh, but this where the devil has the 
most fun. Because practicality says we want it both ways we have already 
dismissed ourswelves from any "moral" or philosophical arguments. We're 
in the business of drawing lines.  And like it or not that's always 
where we are.

Before anyone thinks that they can  oppose many of these ordinances on 
the basis of private property philosophy ought to sit, like I did, on a 
city planning commission for 6 years and hear some of the biggest 
property rights libertarians in town shuffle around while they tried to 
explain thier opposition to adult book stores, an asphalt plant or a 
cell tower in thier back yard. Some of them even supported a ban of 
"abandoned" cars - even just one, because they thought it would make 
thier own property values go up (It didn't pass). The problem is not 
just the traditional "meddlers" we talk about - it's nearly all of us. 
20 Corvairs is not an adult bookstore but then that's yours and my 
opinion, isn't it?   Lon

Tim Verthein wrote:

>The problems come from people who have no hobbies, or lives, except to
>dedicate themselves to making the rest of the world conform to their
>ideal, perfect world. Cars are only a small part of the problem.
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