>>I know. I must be ignorant because I don't accept all this politically correct garbage as the gospel truth. And yadda yadda yadda I was born and raised in sunny Southern California, where you also live Steve. I have witnessed first hand the consumption of the free spaces where I used to hunt and camp and explore. I grew up listening to stories from my father, who also grew up here, about how wonderful this place used to be when he was younger. Now I find myself telling the same sort of stories to my kids about my own youth. We do not have access to our beaches like most other states do in that a large portion of our coastline, or at least access to it, is now private property. According to law anything below the mean high tide line is public access. But just try to spend the night on that "public" land and you will most likely find yourself pleading your case to the judge. How may times a year are our beaches closed due to sewage leaks? Every single camping guide to Southern California that I have read in the last twenty or so years says that ALL water in our local wilderness environments should be filtered due to contaminants. The Fish and Game regulations have warnings about eating ANY seafood that might have come from certain locations - Palos Verdes, an area that you frequently paddle, is one of them. I have a book, "Fifty Golden Years," which was signed by the author in 1957, about the history of Newport Beach from 1909 to 1956 which records, among other significant historical highlights, the outstanding fishery that used to exist here. It's pretty much all gone now. Yet you smugly deny that we are using up our resources. I guess ignorance is bliss. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** 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 Dec 07 2004 - 18:45:16 PST
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