Common Sense On The Water

[Champ188]

They would have to add a thousand times the amount of Water Patrol they currently employ to have any sort of effect on the nonsense that goes on on the water. It comes down to people not knowing the rules/laws, not caring and more people on the lake = more incidents and more idiots. I will say that its not just the pleasure crafts and jet skiers either, many times it has been our own fellow bass fisherman that do idiotic things. I guess I would fall under Champs younger generation of careless people that have little to no respect for others and I won't even argue as it is mostly true. I am 31 and did get my butt blistered from time to time but it was somewhat a rare punishment, my father got the switch quite often and I am sure his father got it 5 times as much as my father. That is just how it is these days with child abuse, positive reinforcement and other child rearing techniques and some of the more effective yet taboo use of physical punishment has fallen by the wayside. I have already discussed with my soon to be wife that we are going to hand out "spankings" to our children (God willing) and physical punishment just because I don't like the way kids act these days and see misbehaved kids on a daily basis at stores and in general public and can't stand the sight of it. Kids now seem to have more authority as to what goes than the parents and its a real shame. Please don't lump us all in the "bad seeds" bin just because of the generation we happen to fall into, there are still a few "good apples" mixed in among us.

Point well made and taken, abkeenan. There are certainly some good apples out there, yourself included.

Was just chuckling to myself at your mention of the "positive reinforcement" theory of child raising. Hey, I am all for positive reinforcement when appropriate but when it is taken to the point of not keeping score at ballgames because God forbid someone should fail to WIN every time, it's pretty ridiculous to me. I wonder in 20 years or less if you attend a bass derby weigh-in, will everyone get a trophy at the end of the day so that no one cries or has to go home feeling any less of a person? LOL

[Addicted to Creeks]

People are getting stupider by the day. More stupid people= more stupid things happening.

[abkeenan]

Point well made and taken, abkeenan. There are certainly some good apples out there, yourself included.

Was just chuckling to myself at your mention of the "positive reinforcement" theory of child raising. Hey, I am all for positive reinforcement when appropriate but when it is taken to the point of not keeping score at ballgames because God forbid someone should fail to WIN every time, it's pretty ridiculous to me. I wonder in 20 years or less if you attend a bass derby weigh-in, will everyone get a trophy at the end of the day so that no one cries or has to go home feeling any less of a person? LOL

Champ, check out this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5p5nufi7EY It has been in the news the last few days and I think it touches on the "positive reinforcement" issue and I think he does a great job in not sugar coating anything and wish we had more people that think as this man does.