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Apr 27, 2018 09:42:02   #
tracs101 Loc: Huntington NY
 
rook2c4 wrote:
As long as he didn't actually touch the petroglyphs, I wouldn't have a problem with it. The rules here were put in place to keep kids and idiots from physically damaging the artifact, not from people getting a little closer.

Nowadays there are so many rules in public areas governing our behavior (don't touch this, don't climb on that, etc.), we have lost the ability to use common sense. If you treat people like children who need to be told what to do and what not to do, soon enough people act like children; they lose the ability to take responsibility for their actions as they learn to rely entirely on signs to inform them what is dangerous and what is safe, what is permitted and what is not.
As long as he didn't actually i touch /i the pet... (show quote)


Very well said.

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Apr 27, 2018 09:52:30   #
BillFeffer Loc: Adolphus, KY
 
On my 2016 trip to Yellowstone, a young man left the designated path, got too close to a pool of boiling acid water. He fell in and his body was completely dissolved. Many restrictions and regulations have a purpose.

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Apr 27, 2018 10:10:50   #
oregon don
 
put up a sign that says .....STAY OUT, RATTLESNAKES!

it works at the Custer battlefield!

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Apr 27, 2018 10:12:41   #
Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey
 
The "Me Too" and "I'm Entitled" generation are due to poor parenting, and the brainwashing nonsense that is being taught in schools today.

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Apr 27, 2018 10:56:47   #
Shel Loc: Lecanto FL
 
FreddB wrote:
you're looking at the "me first", "I'm entitled" generation doing what they do best!


It is not a single generation but rather true of all generations. Read the political pages of newspapers and you will see they are filled with "me first", "I'm entitled" exclamations of our political "leaders".

Fortunately their are groups that are working to save our environment and historical sites.

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Apr 27, 2018 11:13:12   #
Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas
 
Get a picture of his face and turn it over to the park officials - along with a license plate if you can get it...

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Apr 27, 2018 11:25:06   #
FrankR Loc: NYC
 
rook2c4 wrote:
As long as he didn't actually touch the petroglyphs, I wouldn't have a problem with it. The rules here were put in place to keep kids and idiots from physically damaging the artifact, not from people getting a little closer.

Nowadays there are so many rules in public areas governing our behavior (don't touch this, don't climb on that, etc.), we have lost the ability to use common sense. If you treat people like children who need to be told what to do and what not to do, soon enough people act like children; they lose the ability to take responsibility for their actions as they learn to rely entirely on signs to inform them what is dangerous and what is safe, what is permitted and what is not.
As long as he didn't actually i touch /i the pet... (show quote)


The rules and regulations governing behavior at places of interest, importance or both are not preventing people from developing common sense. They were put in place because far too many never learned about it or developed it on their own and still others just don’t care. As many have said, common sense isn’t very common.

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Apr 27, 2018 11:26:16   #
dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho
 
oregon don wrote:
put up a sign that says .....STAY OUT, RATTLESNAKES!

it works at the Custer battlefield!


I have been to the Custer Battfield many times. There ARE rattlesnakes there. Ha!!! I have photos too.

Dennis

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Apr 27, 2018 11:27:29   #
trainspotter Loc: Oregon
 

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Apr 27, 2018 12:03:07   #
Cykdelic Loc: Now outside of Chiraq & Santa Fe, NM
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
These are the same group of people that you hear about in the news that jump over the barrier at the zoo to get closer to the bear!


Remember the guy who “jumped the barrier” at old faithful last year? Resulted in an idiot boil!

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Apr 27, 2018 12:03:52   #
BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan
 
oregon don wrote:
put up a sign that says .....STAY OUT, RATTLESNAKES!

it works at the Custer battlefield!

Great idea! That might work better than reporting the brat. Somehow, since this is BLM land, not National Park land, I have no confidence that reporting the trespass would make any impact. BLM is selling off so many leases in this area rich with archaelogical sites that I don't think they care.

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Apr 27, 2018 13:29:40   #
Diocletian
 
df61743 wrote:
Perhaps they should be encouraged to get closer to the bears. And the Hippos and Cape Buffalo.


Unfortunately, somebody would wind up shooting the bear....

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Apr 27, 2018 14:16:19   #
DIRTY HARRY Loc: Hartland, Michigan
 
Not in Washington...


Shel wrote:
It is not a single generation but rather true of all generations. Read the political pages of newspapers and you will see they are filled with "me first", "I'm entitled" exclamations of our political "leaders".

Fortunately their are groups that are working to save our environment and historical sites.

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Apr 27, 2018 14:23:42   #
DIRTY HARRY Loc: Hartland, Michigan
 
Don't blame the schools or the teachers. If a teacher so much as says a cross word to little Johnny or Susie, mom and dad will be in the principals office early next morning wanting the teacher keel-hauled and fired right now. 'Cuz there little baby couldn't possibly do anything wrong...

Cookie223 wrote:
The "Me Too" and "I'm Entitled" generation are due to poor parenting, and the brainwashing nonsense that is being taught in schools today.

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Apr 27, 2018 14:49:55   #
James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
These are the same group of people that you hear about in the news that jump over the barrier at the zoo to get closer to the bear!


At least in that case the bear can defend himself!

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