Friday, April 09, 2010

Around Town



What do you think? Should this self-proclaimed lunatic be allowed to have chickens and an urban farm in the middle of downtown?

4 comments:

Bob Kemp said...

Is this really about three chickens?

rocky dennis said...

From a life perspective, this is so much more than about chickens. From a land-use perspective, it's all about keeping chickens.

rocky dennis said...

FYI this is the guy who developed the laser technology used in drone aircraft to lock in on its targets.

Bob Kemp said...

I was wondering where the LASER reference came from.

I think people should be allowed to raise chickens, as they do cats and dogs, in quantities below the threshold where their ill effects, e.g., odor, noise, hygiene, etc., become unreasonable. It would be great if these effects were measurable against standards in order to keep it objective.

I'm all for lessening impact upon the earth and reducing green house gas emissions, whether it's hanging wet clothes on a clothesline (as opposed to burning fossil fuels to power a dryer) or urban farming (to reduce fossil fuel usage on farms and during delivery). I think this objective trumps aesthetics and other cultural norms.