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National Parks And Noisy Polluting Craft

Here is an issue on which I differ with most of my market-oriented libertarian-conservative brethren.

Personal watercraft (and dirt bikes and ATVs) ARE destructive of the environment and generally annoy everyone within earshot. And for that reason, it strikes me that IF we are going to have such things as "national parks" owned by the public, then to a large extent those public lands ought to be kept as pristine and friendly to the most people as possible. But yes, I concede -- people with destructive vehicles are taxpayers as well, and I'm not opposed to setting aside some portion of national lands for their use.

So there you go -- the view from a libertarian-conservative-Randian backpacker.

[Posted at 17:39 CST on 04/15/02] [Link]

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