10-29-2007, 12:53 PM
Especially when the water is warm, Kathy...! It's funny...I could have written your reply for you, Kathy! I think that we all can remember how things "used to be". The "good old days". But at the same time I know that I've traveled to different parts of the world and visited places that I absolutely fell in love with. And we should be able to share what we have with travelers from around the globe in return. I know that Rob sounds a little jaded calling my points rationalizations. But they are realizations, realizations that we play the hand that we're dealt. And the hand we've been dealt includes increasing population, polution etc. Deal with it by having funds from the visitors go to maintaining luas for all to use. Seems simple to me. The keep people out rationale doesn't hold water. Because the part that Rob and everyone else in Beach Lots doesn't mention is that they mean keep everyone out but them. That IS part of the problem, Rob. Maybe once you get over that hurdle, you'll see the rest a little more clearly.
But seriously, Rob, I totally agree with you that you need to be part of the solution. And that's exactly what we're trying to be. But the idea that there will be less people in Puna next year or less visitors to the Big Island next year is a little head-in-the-sand at this point, isn't it? So if you have the volume of people limited by the gate and the lava road, then the problem is the level of waste. So, what is the solution? I feel that I've answered that pretty well. You were getting a little argumentative there, Rob, in your first reply to me, but you've redeemed yourself with this last one. Keep the tone, and we'll get along famously, you and I!
But seriously, Rob, I totally agree with you that you need to be part of the solution. And that's exactly what we're trying to be. But the idea that there will be less people in Puna next year or less visitors to the Big Island next year is a little head-in-the-sand at this point, isn't it? So if you have the volume of people limited by the gate and the lava road, then the problem is the level of waste. So, what is the solution? I feel that I've answered that pretty well. You were getting a little argumentative there, Rob, in your first reply to me, but you've redeemed yourself with this last one. Keep the tone, and we'll get along famously, you and I!