Re:'Right to roam' movement fights to give the commons back ...
by joenot443 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @12:32PM
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We’ve got horses and alpacas on our farm in Ontario, it’s super common for tourists with their hiking poles and huge cameras to venture off the Bruce Trail and onto our land to take photos with our animals.
Obviously they don’t mean any harm, but horses can be super dangerous and a kick to the head is fatal for humans. What separates places like Canada or USA from Western Europe is that here there’s an entire industry of litigators chomping at the bit for a case like that, regardless of how much of an idiot you think that person is. I’m not happy with the system either, but it’s a reality here.
Obviously they don’t mean any harm, but horses can be super dangerous and a kick to the head is fatal for humans. What separates places like Canada or USA from Western Europe is that here there’s an entire industry of litigators chomping at the bit for a case like that, regardless of how much of an idiot you think that person is. I’m not happy with the system either, but it’s a reality here.