Biker, cassandrasdaddy,
I get where you are coming from. But the issue here is not one of compassion, or helping a fellow human out, but of a tresspasser, and a surley tresspasser at that.
Did this person approach the OP and ask permission to squat on his land? Offer to clear some brush in exchange for squatting on his land? No. He acted as if the landowner was infringing on his right to be a leach on society. Told the landowner to go the F___ away. He needed to be dealt with and quickly.
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If someone comes to my door and tells me they are hungry, I have no problem with feeding them. If they try to steal from my locked freezer in my barn, they will be met with the same force any other burglar would be met with.
The point is that the line for compassion ends at the property line unless you have been invited, otherwise you are an intruder.
I get where you are coming from. But the issue here is not one of compassion, or helping a fellow human out, but of a tresspasser, and a surley tresspasser at that.
Did this person approach the OP and ask permission to squat on his land? Offer to clear some brush in exchange for squatting on his land? No. He acted as if the landowner was infringing on his right to be a leach on society. Told the landowner to go the F___ away. He needed to be dealt with and quickly.
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If someone comes to my door and tells me they are hungry, I have no problem with feeding them. If they try to steal from my locked freezer in my barn, they will be met with the same force any other burglar would be met with.
The point is that the line for compassion ends at the property line unless you have been invited, otherwise you are an intruder.