R.T.
No-one could possibly be more offended at the level (low) of civility exhibited by some of our more geneticaly disadvantaged bretheren. The trashing of our pristine areas makes me want to hurl. Unfortunately, people, and I use that term very loosely, tend to ignore signs in general and especialy those signs telling them to do or not do something they don't realy want to do. For proof of this, one need only look as far as the local highway. How many cars do you see actualy doing any where near the speed limit. Oh yes, we rationalize that the speed limits are set artificialy low for the purpose of revenue inhancement. The fact is that some poeple will do whatever it is they damn well please no matter if it endangers or inconveiniences others.
Unless or until social euthanasia is enacted, the only remedy as I see it, is for each and every one of us to stand up on our hind legs and let our displeasure at the rude, ignorant and boorish behavior exhibited by these unfortunate slobs be blatantly apparent. Perhaps a dose of social embarrassment will change some of these behaviors.
To remain uninvolved in this behavior modification exercise and ask the goverment to solve all of societies woes through the placement of signs, does nothing substantial and only serves to clutter up the countryside with more damn signs.
The place to start, is with your own children. Somewhere in the childhood of every litterer was a parent or parents who failed in their most basic responsibility. That of teaching their children the difference between right and wrong. You need only to pick up a newspaper or look at the TV news to see what I mean.
We can not afford to abdicate our responsibility in this area. Expecting the government to cure our social diseases can only end in failure.
So, everybody who is fed up about the trash and bad behavior has to just speak up to the offenders, just be carefull, some of the most geneticaly challanged individuals on the face of this earth could be standing on the bank right next to you.
grumpy

[ 07-05-2001: Message edited by: grumpyr ]