Ahhh, no it isn't.
Read that whole thread objectively and then try and make that case.
They were paying rent to use something they did not own, they stopped paying rent in 1993 and deliberately escalated it to now. If they had simply continued to pay rent like other ranchers have we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3143005/posts?page=85#85