Darian
11-15-2010, 03:40 PM
There was an interesting response in the Sunday, SacBee from a Director of Westlands Water District to a prior letter from a commercial Salmon fisherman who was lamenting the loss of his way of life, etc., due to closures required to protect fisheries. After reading both, I found that I was not really sympathetic to either person. I guess if I had to pick one, I'd side with the commercial fisherman as he's going to have to change how he makes his living. Westlands is definitely going to be around for a long time. However, both had arguments that were each a great example of spin to protect their own monetary interests at the expense of fish. :|
I'm not going into any detail on the above as I want to take time to address a question that David Lee raised in a prior thread. Does anyone take time to read this stuff :question: :question: I've wondered that same thing for a long time. I check on the number of views as time passes for a particular thread or subject matter and am convinced that this Forum is, basically, a waste of space for the BB. As an example, there has been a recent thread titled something like Farmers Selling Water. One of the posts asks a question about whether this is new :question: :confused: Until recently, I've been writing about water sales and surrounding issues in this Forum for several years thinking there might be some interest. This example isn't the only one I could bring up but.... :neutral:
I decided a while ago to stop wasting my time. People either will inform themselves or not on their own.... :D
I'm not going into any detail on the above as I want to take time to address a question that David Lee raised in a prior thread. Does anyone take time to read this stuff :question: :question: I've wondered that same thing for a long time. I check on the number of views as time passes for a particular thread or subject matter and am convinced that this Forum is, basically, a waste of space for the BB. As an example, there has been a recent thread titled something like Farmers Selling Water. One of the posts asks a question about whether this is new :question: :confused: Until recently, I've been writing about water sales and surrounding issues in this Forum for several years thinking there might be some interest. This example isn't the only one I could bring up but.... :neutral:
I decided a while ago to stop wasting my time. People either will inform themselves or not on their own.... :D