Trespassers...

[Jade]

You are the one who made it about race, nobody else did. The "n" word is about race, there is no denying it, especially in this context, even if you try to say otherwise.

I mean, what was so offensive about what this person did? He was walking across your property, across the driveway? Obviously trying to get to the next street over? Not even like say, slinking the shadows, peering in the windows? So you presume he is lazy? What if he was lost? What if he has an injury so any few saved steps prevents him from being in pain? What do you -gain- from hassling him?

The idea of "private property" at its core is negative, IMO. In Norway, you can't disallow others to be on your property - others can camp there, etc. No concept of sole ownership of land in such a way.

I'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes from a song, "Signs" by Five Man Electric Band (the original oops!):
And the sign says "Anybody caught trespassing will be shot on sight"
So I jumped the fence and I yelled at the house:
"Hey! What gives you the right!
To put up a fence and keep me out, or to keep Mother Nature in?
If God was here, he'd tell it to your face, man, you're some kind of sinner!"