Why do you speak to others with such a condescending tone? We are all like minded people here. There is no need for that kind of negative catalyst. All it achieves is to making yourself seem pompous, arrogant, and rude.
Except that I do. Now then: pouting because you made a phrasing mistake is not what I would call conducive to discourse. Now then, I was actually present when Holcombe presented his paper at the ASC. It made me think. To deny all common property would seem to be a bit of a stretch. And to deny that a group of individuals can own something–as your phrasing indicated–well…that’s just flat-wrong.
I trust we’ll have no more pouting from you?
Because I can. Because I really am that smart. Because sometimes a person is so wrong and so bloody-minded about being so wrong that they could use a bit of wind taken from his or her sails.
Ownership is an action, and actions are not performed by groups. Methodological individualism 101.
Ok.
Use your vastly superior knowledge to come to the conclusion that people react kindly to people who show them respect, and negatively to those who do not. If you ever intend to impart your massive intellect on us mere mortals, then your being rude is negatively impacting your goal. I hope you come to understand that your action is irrational according to your goal (if indeed it is your goal). If your being on these forums is to simply demonstrate to us all how radically intelligent you are, there are forums with much less intelligent people. Perhaps you will have more luck at some of those celebrity gossip forums.
Stephen, why are you so rude?
getting Ad hominem?
Why are you being so rude?
Yet groups are simply a bunch of individuals, and if you deny that a bunch of individuals can own something together, you are denying reality! Sports teams. Corporations. Buildings. You are denying reality, Stephen.
Further, Holcombe makes a very good case for paths being “owned in common” by those who travel them each day and contribute to the maintenance of them. I suppose you could call it unowned, but since no one person could simply arbitrarily state that the path is his or hers and keep everyone else out (as no one person has homesteaded it), it is essentially a common property. The group of individuals which created it can keep others off, but not those within the group. At least not unless one person makes a significant effort, such as using his or her money to pave the path or whatever.
You may not like it, Stephen, but at least consider it. Just flying off the handle as you did really shows poor form.
I do. You need to learn that your aesthetics aren’t mine. Stephen needs to learn that as well.