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Exactly my take, there is a always a middle ground and the Sierra Club
has consistently ignored it. They are the ones that purport to hold the
moral high ground. They are always willing to ignore legitimate and
reasonable local concerns in their self-righteous stances.
I don't know about you but I don't recall trampling any sensitive dune
areas. In my opinion it's quite a stretch to characterize windsurfing as
environmentally damaging, especially compared to resort skiing, golfing,
ballgames, any kind of motorized sport, even mountain biking. Like I
said, there's no shortage of cars in their parking lot.
Chris Kogelnik wrote:
>
> > They didn't care that windsurfing is an
> > environmentally friendly sport because it's not their bag.
>
> Please, lets not throw rocks or try to maintain some moral high
> ground. Windsurfing does impact the environment. Consider this:
> highly toxic chemicals are used to fabricate just about every component;
> we drive all over typically alone and often in a poor gas mileage vehicle;
> and then proceed to rig on and trample a sensitive dune area.
>
> I appreciate the Sierra Club's efforts in trying not to let every last
> bit of open space become paved. Their arguments might not always be rational
> to us, since we have a different vested interest. However, there is
> always some middle ground, unless it involves putting a duck pond in
> the rigging area (ala 3rd Ave) ;-)
>
> Chris
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