Place where we board our horse has 55 horses on 10 acres in the middle of suburbia. The worst manure smell is when you're standing in the barn aisle where a horse just let go with a mess. Grazing my horse last night along the fence line bordering a stretch suburban homes on 70' wide lots with the wind blowing over the top of the storage manure pile (probably 50 cubic yds, 10' high) a few hundred feet away, I couldn't smell a thing. Granted, there are days when you get a whiff, but not nearly as bad as the NIMBYs would have you think.
As for the original topic, I agree with those that advocate a "get on with life" approach. In the USA today, the Trial Lawyers have led us to believe that every time something bad happens, somebody must pay.
Years ago, my daughter (6 yr old at the time) was pulled off of a swing by a neighbor brat in another neighbor's yard and got her wind knocked out. When I got there, I tried to explain that she only got her wind knocked out but the women in the neighborhood were hysterical and had already called 911. The ambulance came, took her off to a hospital sirens screaming for CAT scans because she said her neck was sore (ergo a backboard was used). The reason her neck was sore was because the brat jerked her by her hair off the swing! I ended up paying a few hundred out of pocket for this. Now get this, the mother of the brat who did it urged me to sue the neighbor whose house it happened at! (which I would not do)
I've also helped as a good samaritan in several situations where I've put my safety in jeopardy to help someone in need.
As for horse people being a$$h---s, yes, I know a few who are. I also know farmers, truck drivers, dog owners, cat owners, electricians who are ALSO a$$es. The point is don't make judgements on a group of people based upon your experience with a few. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt when I meet them and assume them to be decent people until they give me reason to change my opinion.
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