The Free Zone Board

[RoguePlanet]

Anyway, getting back to what you actually said, painting one's house bright yellow is not necessarily a legitimate property right of the owner. For if we extend this argument a bit further, say, by covering my house in bright yellow neon electric signs, and then increasing the power to these bright yellow neon electric signs, and then - at a certain point - shining a high powered laser at your front door, until it bores a hole straight through your house - at a certain point, even the most libertarian among us will agree that simply by owning property I do not obtain full rightful control over all the light waves traveling from my property to other people's property.

I never thought I'd see the day when Rogue is defending libertarianism and I am arguing against it :P

Yeah, when did you turn communist? ;)

I agree w/you on the neon sign thing - but then, there's a huge difference in degree between painting your house a color your neighbor finds unaesthetic and surrounding your house with intrusive high beam lights that cast glare into his house night and day, don't you agree? Your right to do what you want with your property doesn't extend to permitting you to interfere with your neighbor's right to enjoy his property.