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You make some good points that are food for thought, especially around how I
perceive things and frame my comments. The "we" is quite notable, I need to
think about my perspective out there. Need to think about that one for a bit.
As for exposing irrational comments, I have posted a fair bit on various
sites, trying to bring some sanity to the situation. I have a posting up above
that has some of my comments, tough to get them without the context of the
discussion though.
Your point about the minority with poor comments is quite relevant, the 'sound
bite' nature of these boards allows for some poor and irrational comments.
The MSM is pretty poor, they are looking for the sensational sound bites that
make great headlines. I have spent a lot of effort online and with family /
friends explaining that there is no 'war in the woods', that there seems to be
great relatinships between all trail users out there. In my opinion, 'war in
the woods' simply does not exist. I had a beer last night with a Kneeknacker
runner buddy of mine, looked for his opinion. He spends a lot of time running
on the trails, interacts with mtb'ers all the time. He agrees, there is no
'war in the woods', simply media hype.
Seems to be that the best thing we can do is get past all this and move
forward as one big group of north shore trail users.
Feb. 2, 2015, 11:37 a.m. - MAS
#!markdown You make some good points that are food for thought, especially around how I perceive things and frame my comments. The "we" is quite notable, I need to think about my perspective out there. Need to think about that one for a bit. As for exposing irrational comments, I have posted a fair bit on various sites, trying to bring some sanity to the situation. I have a posting up above that has some of my comments, tough to get them without the context of the discussion though. Your point about the minority with poor comments is quite relevant, the 'sound bite' nature of these boards allows for some poor and irrational comments. The MSM is pretty poor, they are looking for the sensational sound bites that make great headlines. I have spent a lot of effort online and with family / friends explaining that there is no 'war in the woods', that there seems to be great relatinships between all trail users out there. In my opinion, 'war in the woods' simply does not exist. I had a beer last night with a Kneeknacker runner buddy of mine, looked for his opinion. He spends a lot of time running on the trails, interacts with mtb'ers all the time. He agrees, there is no 'war in the woods', simply media hype. Seems to be that the best thing we can do is get past all this and move forward as one big group of north shore trail users.