Blog Stage Seven: Original editorial or commentary #2

As I mentioned on Stage Five assignment, Austin Tree Ordinance violates private property Rights. , Government is trying to regulate and protect trees in the very strict way, however, even it has great purpose, the government is facing an angry backlash from landowners over the overregulation. Because the government is not just protecting trees but also they are violating the property rights. it would be so awkward to require a government permit to trim or remove your trees in your backyard garden. For example, if a landowner wants to remove a tree in order to construct an improvement such as swimming pool, one has to get a permit of tree-cutting from the government. Moreover, if the government denied, then the landowner has to keep up with that without any compensation though he is the owner of the property, can do nothing. This directly contradicts Article I, Section 17 of the Texas Constitution, which provides that “no person’s property shall be taken, damaged or destroyed for or applied to public use without adequate compensation being made.”

Recently, around 50 cities have adopted burdensome tree-cutting regulations and ordinances that cause a huge amount of expenditure, according to data from the Texas International Society of Arboriculture. If the trend continues, there may not be many places left soon where a Texans’ right to private property is secure from the government.

 Fortunately, some of representatives and senators recognized the danger of overregulation and they are trying to make the best bills that can solve those problems. They said, "there is no explicit answer to solve the problem but we will as much effort as much possible to make a bill that respects the private property right." 

I am taking physical geography class in this semester and we are currently learning about how severe degree of global warming around the world now. It keeps worse and worse and the warming was 80% to 90% the result of the long-term climate pattern. The warming trend over the past few decades can be linked to the burning oil or cutting tree..etc.

So my point is Even though property rights are an essential ingredient to free society, There is nothing more important than our home, the earth is our property, too.

Blog Stage Six: Comment on a colleague's work #1

Hello!!

I hope you enjoy my comment and it might little unorganized due to my English skills.
I tired my best!

When I read Alexander's commentary( Guns on Campus), it was very impressed to me. It talks about ACC campuses will be allowed open carry guns, and he was pointing out that it was huge mistake decision. He is giving few reasons that it is huge mistake, which are gun laws are not really laws, because if you are over 18 to own a "long barreled" gun, they can openly carry that weapon and do not need a license for them. It might be very hard to regulate them because they are young. they are like football, do not know where it goes. Moreover, it does not even requiring huge process for carrying handgun. It is only a least 21 years of age, take courses and pay a $ 140 fee and you will receive a license in 60 days, also there is no waiting time on purchasing gun. If you have money, you can just buy out a firearm and do not need to register your arms if you buy the firearm out of state. He is pointing out that this easy process to get a gun licence has potential criminal because you never know who owns the firearm or if people are carrying openly, it would be also threaten to students. Funny thing is when UT austin was trying to allow the law that open carry, girls, who are going UT, protested with carrying dildo in their handbag. 

I really feel impressed that when he pointed "Our "laws" are not laws if they do so little to protect us and can be bypassed so easily." because it is true. The open carry on campus would nothing to protect students from other students, maybe it can provoke more tension between students. 

Even though he suggested very smart laws, I do not think that is not going to work also carrying gun in campus is not right for students. School is for study not for fighting, maybe sometimes a criminal could be happen in campus, but that is not student's responsibility, its school security guard's, that is why we are paying expensive tuitions and giving them the money. Maybe they could not all covers the criminal or potential threats, but carrying gun would provoke more problems.