Is it any of your business if I buy the house next to you, never occupy it and leave it empty? Why did my father torment me with mechanical clocks? What does Vancouver, British Columbia have to do with Jerusalem, Israel? Is China right? Territorial waters are defended by power not paper; by cannons not treaties. Nations should pursue their interests not those of the United Nations or any other bogus institutions that have never prevented a war let alone stopped one. You have fewer property rights in the city than in suburbia; why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices