07-20-2010, 08:49 PM
Sounds like your question is well answered, just want to give you major points for using midden ...
You really might like the Wake, Steven. One of its central motifs is the subversive letter found (tis thought) by the hen scratching in the midden. One metaphor for the book is an archaeological mound, the litter/letter of the psyche.
Back to business, I'd be pissed if I found it on my land, but I would only open it if the cops refused to help -- and I do think they would help. I wouldn't open it because of the grossness factor. I don't see how the dumpers could have any expectation of privacy, do you.
Confronting people doesn't work well here. If you can have a nice talk, fences can be mended, but how do you have a nice talk unless it so happens that there's someone in the mix, like a parent, who agrees that what they did sucked. If they think it was acceptable to do that, you really don't have common ground, do you?
You really might like the Wake, Steven. One of its central motifs is the subversive letter found (tis thought) by the hen scratching in the midden. One metaphor for the book is an archaeological mound, the litter/letter of the psyche.
Back to business, I'd be pissed if I found it on my land, but I would only open it if the cops refused to help -- and I do think they would help. I wouldn't open it because of the grossness factor. I don't see how the dumpers could have any expectation of privacy, do you.
Confronting people doesn't work well here. If you can have a nice talk, fences can be mended, but how do you have a nice talk unless it so happens that there's someone in the mix, like a parent, who agrees that what they did sucked. If they think it was acceptable to do that, you really don't have common ground, do you?