Pot committed, imo.

You are apply rational anaylsis to the actions of humans.

Also he was probably an acist or libertarian so having a disabled kid made happy by a pony living right next door when the pony could have been made into soap for a profit thus raising the living standards of all of mankind was probably intolerable to him.

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lol ponyaments

And compassionate statists are in favor of this because they are compassionate?

Statists want a pony for everyone LDO.

At first I was like , but then I was like .

That is the goal of the "Pony in every garage" initiative.

My favorite part about this line is how you use it to justify the "He's a neighbor and neighbors are jerks, that's why he's complaining for no reason." line of thinking.

Agree - fwiw I have a property that backs onto to a smallish field that houses 3 ponies (well, 2x pony + 1x donkey). My kitchen /diner, is less than 20 feet from the field, sunroom about 10 feet. I have NEVER noticed any **** smell, even in the height of summer.

Neighbour is a douche imo.

Smell is probably from the handicapped three year old ****ting himself and it ain't going away. Let the pony stay imo.

Thinly veiled brag imo.

wow, you're often downwind, good for you. How would the neighbor know to complain about an offensive smell, unless the pony was doing something offensive? Better yet - what is the motive for the neighbor to be known as the guy who made it so the poor crippled kid couldn't have his ****ing pony anymore?

Seriously, the naivety of this post is staggering.

People are jerks all the time with no apparent reasonable motive. If they were not, then words like jerk or douche wouldnt even exist.

Why would anyone reasonably act like a jerk?

I'm confused. Why are the libertarians now all of a sudden in favor of neighbors being able to tell property owners how to run their property? Because of a smell (alleged smell)? And you guys are the same folks who think the government or others have no right to tell you how to conduct affairs on your own property, including the smelly activities of smoking, doing a bonfire, eating Indian food, hosting a barbecue, having a dog that craps, or running a vinyl factory.

Seems to me that libertarians are pouncing on another opportunity to prove hmkpoker right.

Lastly, I am extremely jaded with libertarians in general. I have met a lot online, and last year I met a lot in person, and I will say this: they are ****ing douche bags. The vast majority of libertarians that I have met have been miserable, disagreeable, snarky, selfish little jerk-offs who exude an overwhelming aura of negativity. It's no wonder we can't win people over to our side; we do nothing inspiring and attack everybody who doesn't agree with us. ~~ from the Hmkpoker (an ACist) Farewell Address

Try reading the thread, perhaps, and the wisdom shall come to you.

In case its not clear enough, damages to one's property certainly include polluting the air.

If you cannot see the difference between the amazing smell of a steak on the grill and HORSE **** then I must inquire as to when your nose was cut off, my good sir.

If you'd continue reading the thread, you'd find another reason at least THIS libertarian does not approve of the pony-favoring government,

While I do enjoy quoting myself, I heartily suggest at least a quick glance at the posts you intend to label as hypocritical for next time.

There's nothing to be confused about. If property owner A does things that hurt the property of owner B, then that's wrong. I'm sure you would agree that setting fire to your neighbor's house would be wrong. When a bad smell consistently comes over to your property, and that smell didn't exist during the time of original purchase, then that is a form of aggression.

Now, nobody in this thread is actually aware of the exact smell that is happening in the case example. We can however see that in principle the neighbor might have a case.

What I was alluding to in my very first response to this thread is the complete absence of any moral or legal inquiry into the case, and particularly not from the ruling body. So it's nothing more than a "think of the children imo" article, which has become the standard for reporting.

What?

once and future king - seriously, no one would ever just make up this smell. No one would go "hey, I want to be the guy that is known around town as the evil bastard who took the kids pony away' for no reason. Please, PLEASE get real?

Well, did the neighbor do so publicly?

Did he do what, publicly? That's the reason this whole thing came about, the neighbor was like 'wow, it smells like POOP"

Yeah, but did he do so openly or was it an anonymous call? More specifically, did the neighbor show up at the meeting/hearing where it was decided not to enforce the zoning in this instance?

You dont know guys in your town who are know for being unreasonable dixxheads?

Seriously, he probably just wanted the pony gone, thought he was within his rights and went for it. He probably didnt even get as far as computing the effect on his reputation or didnt give a **** anyway. There are tons of people like this.

So just to be clear, if I don't like the smell of cigarette smoke or camp fires, then you're all in favor of banning these activities in your back yard?

Or banning you from cooking Indian food, for that matter.

Do you not see the difference between the smell from a camp fire and the smell of HORSE ****????

Seriously man, how do you not understand that an individual should have a fairly reasonable expectation, in the suburbs especially, to not smell horse ****?