BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 19, 2025
The May 3 column by Chris Sargent, “It was my secret fishing spot. Then a land trust bought the property and ruined it.” implies: Beware fishermen, the land trusts are after you and they must be stopped! The use of the word “my” in the headline denotes some inherent exclusive right of possession. Does he own the property? Does he have some Indigenous right to it as his and his only? I think not. This “me, my, mine” culture grows daily. A safeguarded area of land, without secret caches and misplaced rights of ownership, is a good thing. ~ Cheryl Harry, Orono