He Wouldn’t Stand For It
Oliver stated over the course of the conversation that he “simply hates to be bullied,” referring to his experience with his driveway. He took precautions to ensure that his new neighbor wouldn’t be able to bully or intimidate him in any way, and he maintained his ground.
Oliver did something that he knew was morally questionable, yet he was aware that the situation involved many questions of right and wrong. You can’t just go somewhere new and disrupt the lives of everyone who has been living there for a long time, especially Oliver, who had been living in his house for 25 years before his neighbor moved in.