[meepmorp]

>Zoning it is what "we the people" through our elected representatives use to keep unwanted (i.e. weak/ill/less fortunate ones) out. Shame.

Or it's what we the people, through our elected representatives, use to keep the strip club and petroleum refinery from opening across the street from the elementary school.

It's not black and white. Zoning laws are a way for the people in an area to have a say about how their community is developed. That's both good and bad.