Jesus H. Christ, BU, come down off the high horse, the altitude is affecting your higher cognitive functions again.
For the record, I'm not offering a defense for anyone. Read what I wrote, not what you wanted to.
I mean obviously, by the very virtue of living in a common society, we *all* give up rights to how we can use our own personal property. That's just the way it is. The problem only occurs when restrictions are placed that benefit, tangentially, a small group, based on their personal taste, and nothing but. In matters of cultural significance, where opinion matters more than fact, it makes little sense to have a high priesthood of self-delegated authorities levying decrees. If they wish to preserve the structure, they should step up and do so. It's just that simple.
You're right, the loss of Penn Station was tragic, but I don't see this as being anywhere in the same class of structure. We don't have to save every outhouse to preserve our heritage and history.
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