[blindLaw] Respect for Others
James Fetter
jtfetter at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 11 05:31:09 UTC 2023
Mike,
I agree that far too many in our society have chosen perpetual victimhood as their profession. I vehemently disagree, however, with your critique of the Fair Housing Act and similar laws. You seem to argue that your property should be yours to do with as you wish. But what is property other than a creature of law? What other than the state prevents someone who covets your property from simply taking it from you by force?
And although I have steered well clear of property law since taking the bar, I vaguely remember that all sorts of laws, e.g. easements and zoning laws, place far more burdensome restrictions on your use of a given piece of property than the FHA does. Try building an apartment complex on a lot in a neighborhood zoned for single family use and see how far you get. Not to mention that, when the FHA was passed, restrictive covenants forbidding the sale of property in certain neighborhoods to nonwhites were all too common.
If landlords were all perfectly rational actors, laws such as the FHA may not be necessary. But they are not. And property owners who do not like such laws absolutely have a choice: follow these laws anyway or don’t become a covered landlord
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> On Mar 10, 2023, at 5:05 PM, MIKE MCGLASHON via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Quoting:
> In many civil rights and equality issues,
> silence can be seen as acceptance.
> Silence feeds the oppressor and stifles the oppressed.
> End quote:
>
> Your statement assumes that there are such persons as oppressors and those
> who are oppressed.
> I for one am neither; I am simply a person.
> That is the problem with today's society in my opinion; "we are all victims
> via other people's fortunes" versus recipients of our own endeavors".
> I further believe as legal minds, we of all people in society should know
> better than to intermingle the terms of equity and equality; for we know the
> two are not synonymous. Yet, I hear many a lawyer reach for both; we as
> lawyers know that only one is reachable. Since we will never have equality,
> (I wouldn't want it anyways), this leaves only equity. After all, we know
> that equity is a remedial measure not a status of society.
> Next, we come to "civil rights". To me this is a dangerous term for civil
> rights are just those; artificial rights given to us by arbitrary statute
> for arbitrary purposes. But as the old saying goes, "the lord giveth, and
> the lord taketh away." Hence, if rights can be created so too can they be
> removed by statute.
> Last I heard of such implementations, the term "Soviet Union" was thrown
> around regularly.
>
> A good example of a arbitrary civil right is the "fair housing act". If I
> am a landowner who wishes to play landlord, I now have entered into a realm
> where my free property rights are infringed whereby I have no complete
> say-so on who and for what reason I allow another to enter my land. To me
> this is a problem; for if I truly own my land then I have the right to do
> with it as I wish as long as I do not infringe on land that borders mine. I
> am sure there other examples but I do not wish to offend anyone simply have
> constructive dialogue.
> In sum, I am not an oppressor, nor am I oppressed and it is totally up to me
> how, where, when, and with whom I engineer my life.
>
> Also, the NFB has a slogan "live the life you want". Although this sounds
> real sweet in theory, I think the statement should say "live the life you
> earn". In my humble opinion, we as blindees owe ourselves "individually"
> not necessarily "collectively" the actions of getting along with sightees
> one-by-one instead of trying to mold an entire sighted society, which of
> course out-numbers us by miles.
>
> Please advise as you like.
>
> Mike M.
>
> Mike mcglashon
> Email: Michael.mcglashon at comcast.net
> Ph: 618 783 9331
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> We can only try to work towards a better future for everyone. In many civil
> rights and equality issues, silence can be seen as acceptance. Silence feeds
> the oppressor and stifles the oppressed.
>
> On an unrelated note https://youtu.be/cOeKidp-iWo
>
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