From "Notes From a Subterranean Library in Oregon," a compilation of Ray Peat's newspaper letters and columns, compiled by T3Uncoupled (2023). Originally published 1969.

Ray Peat, "Equal treatment", p. 9

I guess if the people of Texarkana don’t mind living with a million rats in their town, we of Eugene shouldn’t mind when our neighbors dump their garbage in our air. But I’ll bet that if I dumped my garbage on the front lawn of a grass farmer or a Weyerhaeuser executive they could quickly find a law to cover the situation. I think we should insist on equal treatment, and at least be allowed to dump garbage in their yards on certain days, or to a limited degree.