Viewpoints
Tough Sell
By Chris Elliott
August 29, 2007
Wednesday
Mr. Bergeron: I appreciate the civics lesson. Perhaps you can
enlighten me a little more. What do you call it when an oligarchy
(like the sponsors of the jewelry store initiative) decides that
the ownership rights of a specific minority (like the Newtown
property owners) should be put to a vote? Wikipedia defines
ownership rights as follows: Right of ownership is associated
with property that establishes the good as being "one's
own thing" in relation to other individuals or groups, assuring
the owner the right to dispense with the property in a manner
he or she sees fit, whether to use or not use, exclude others
from using, or to transfer ownership. I encourage anyone who
favors this initiative to meet with any Newtown property owner,
face-to-face, and justify this attempt to usurp the rights of
that owner. It's a tough sell.
Chris Elliott
Ketchikan, AK
Received August 29, 2007 -
Published August 29, 2007
About: "Newtown property
owner"
Related Viewpoint:
 Democracy
or Oligarchy, You Decide. By Samuel Bergeron - Ketchikan,
AK
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