Dave wrote:
On 6 Apr 2006 09:18:38 -0700, said:

Why can't you just admit that maybe your information is out of date and
that you don't know everything, and that it's very likely that a lot
of what you think you know could be very wrong?

Rich, one doesn't learn how PWC operators behave from a propaganda sheet. He
learns it from being out a boat each weekend and observing them.

Seems like a weak argument unless you can dispute any of my facts or
sources. Just dismissing everything that doesn't support your
"observations" as automatically being simply "propoganda" isn't very
compelling.

Once again (and you just keep ignoring me) - specifically -

Is this article propoganda, or fiction? Is BoatUS an organization with
a pro-PWC bias?

http://www.shawnalladio.com/pwc/pwcD...pwc_detail=205

How about the "PWC operators" that your observations make you such an
expert on....do those featured in the following article fit your
preconceptions? (And it's from Surfer magazine, surfers not
traditionally being generally much of a radically pro-PWC-biased
contingency as far as I know.)

http://surfermag.com/features/online...atrina-intrvu/
(part one)
http://www.surfermag.com/features/on...sro-no-prttwo/
(part two)

You still don't conceded it's possible that your "observations" don't
really tell you the whole story or make you very knowledgeable about
the pwc world in general?

If you observed ME and all the people I ride with all the time, you'd
be confronted with the realization that your preconceptions and
prejudices are misinformed, outdated, based on a limited sample, and
simply don't tell anywhere near the story. You'd respect and
appreciate my behavior on the water, and it's not just mine, it's that
of all the people I talk to and ride with all the time, the same as you
would any courteous, experienced, responsible safe boater.


But you just keep insisting that you're an expert and fact or evidence
that challenges your firmly held views should just be dismissed.
Never reconsider your views and just pretty much ignore and dismiss
anything I have to say, simply because I own a pwc.

richforman