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Entry: The Day I Met Ayn Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_day_i_met_ayn#20540 Post contents: Roark had the wonderful blueprints. But blueprints alone do not raise buildings. There was an implementation 'process which cost money, money that came from a lot of people - willing or unwilling - which people could lay a claim to ownership "I paid for so many bricks" "I paid the wages for the plasterer" - Unless Roar had gone through the costs, all of them, he was not the sole owner of the building, so it was not his to do as he wished. Whatever complaints he might have had with the implementers, he had to respect the property rights of those whose money helped pay for it. Those unwilling might have said "It is my money, and I enjoy being used this way" By blowing it up you deprived them of the enjoyment the use of their property might have brought him. "IT is my money, and I do not like being spent like this, but at least it is over and do not have to go through it again." By blowing it, you will subject them to having to pay it agin. "It is my money, so maybe I can find a way to move in." "It is my money, and maybe there is a way to recoup it." "It is my money, and I care that once it is spent, it is in somehting that will lst." All these are equally valid sentiments. All of them will come to naught because one of the owners blew the building up. Roark had some ownership of the building, but not all. Maybe King Solomon could have decided it... Sent at: 2008 05 16