John, Though Foxworthy satire may have been lost on some of our international friends, I thought your original note was hilarious and made your point very well. The one truth that emerged from the thread was that you get what you ask for when it comes to statistics (if you're lucky). We have a sport that, in concept, is very simple. But it's become fragmented because it is, in fact, a sport that covers a great diversity of interests. The bottom line is that, if you believe you're a paddler, then you're a paddler, and welcome to the club. It's a community that generally welcomes everyone, and that's one thing I appreciate about it a great deal. ... although as a final note, Kevlar or not, I do believe all canoers are barbarians. :-))))) John Fereira wrote: I was hoping that my sarcasm was dripping enough that everyone would have recognized my posting as such. I guess I forgot that many people might not know about Jeff Foxworthy and his "you might be a redneck" shtick. In the "Size of the Kayaking Community" thread as well as in the past there have been a lot of comments that come across (to me) as a bit elitist when defining "paddler" or "kayaker". -- Al Vazquez KayakGuide.com tm Places to Paddle tm - Kayaking - Canoeing - Rafting - *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 07 2002 - 11:20:19 PDT
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