to think no one should own land and ignore a sign saying private woods

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Ok o will probably get flamed here.

But there is a badly managed woods near me with am old broken sign that say private woods. Aibu to collect a few broken branches for the wood burner? I know it is stealing, but this woods is overgrown and I'm thinking how unethical it is for anyone to own land.

Land used to all be free, until someone carved it all up to hoard for themselves. If land was still free now maybe we wouldn't have to all be working such stupid hours wasting our lives doing a job we don't like.

Just take the wood

Magna Carta

OP, I agree.

Does the name Magna Carter (sic) meaning nothing to any of you people?

Did she die in vain?

BadLad

Two questions, OP:

1. Do you own your own home (and you count as a home-owner even if you have a mortgage)?

1. How do you know who the owner of the wood is based on an old broken sign, and what form are you sending off?

If i'm now obliged to buy a boxset BadLad, i'm billing you for it

Yes I own my own home and if it was disused and in a state of bad repair I would have no issues with someone squatting.

Just take the bloody wood. I take a rucksack out every time I walk the dog and collect kindling from the woods.

Oh pant sounds like your a criminal who risks being shot on a daily basis ;)

Magna Carta

Are you a freeman of the land, OP?

Typical mumsnet people go loopy over a typo...

Arsenic, that line, which I've waited years and years to use, is Sid James in episode Twelve Angry Men in Hancock's Half Hour. A brilliant episode of an old but great comedy.

Take it. You are right op no one should own land.
Wtf poster who shot a dog

It's kindling. Dead sticks. Of no inherent value to anybody.

At Xmas I shall be sure to tell all the yummy mummy Kirstie wannabes not to remove any holly/ivy from the woods anymore

And the WI pensioners who are frequently seen cutting mistletoe/berries etc for their wreaths.

Oh I thought it was Hancock himself. DON'T tell me the episode, I want an excuse to buy the lot

"Wtf poster who shot a dog"

I can't find the post, but if I recall correctly it was worrying the sheep. Farmers are perfectly entitled to shoot dogs who do this. It isn't against the law.

Oh yes OP that was us going completely loopy, we're nutters, we are.

If you are going to rely on something as major as the Magna Carta in your twig-hunt, it just seemed a good idea to spell it properly.

What a great defence if caught stealing. Unethical to own property. Righyho off to get my Balaclava out.....

I'm thinking how unethical it is for anyone to own land.

Why, OP? I take it you don't own any land, yet you feel it is ethical to take from others. Please explain.

At the moment, it appears to be only your opinion that the wooded area is mis-managed. Just because there is an 'old' sign (in your view) - that should make no difference, whatsoever.

We have a pretty large garden. I put out baskets of autumn fruit at the front of the house with a sign to tell people to help themselves.
HOWEVER - if someone were to come into my garden to start helping themselves that would be another matter entirely!

We have old fruit trees, various wildlife inhabiting our garden (which includes some old branches lying around - it encourages the insects and wildlife). If anyone were to come in to disturb that, I'd be absolutely livid. You have no right whatsoever to take from someone, just because you feel entitled to do so.

Landowner might be agreeable, if YOU ASK FIRST

I get what the OP is saying. Others seem to be being wilfully obtuse.

It seems bloody unfair to take a large piece of nature, fence it off, stick up a sign, not look after it and refuse entry to the proles.

There's a huge difference between picking up a stick for your dog or one Christmas decoration, and taking enough to feed a woodburner.

The amounts don't compare - especially when multiplied up by the increasing number of woodburners.

Why, OP? I take it you don't own any land, yet you feel it is ethical to take from others. Please ex

Why is it ethical to take the earths land from people? Who does the earth belong to?

Quite right to ask permission - hope they are agreeable.

Locally we lost a lovely big wood and two fields that have been used for years by local families. Bought be a nameless overseas investor. Fenced off and left whilst waiting on planning. Three years ago! Local kids used the woods to cut through to school. Fence was torn down in one bit 48hrs after it was put up, woods still used by families and kids. Fuck the landowner.