[Nervous Tick]

Jim is trying to attract people to FR. How does denigrating a new reader attract them to FR? Being a victim of a verbal knock-out game by a supercilious FR-e certainly does not encourage a "newbie" to participate or even hang around

(su·per·cil·i·ous adjective 1. behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.)

Great question! Here is what you posted a couple months ago to a "noob" (signed up after you!):

"Its a**holes like you who are destroying or condoning the destruction of the natural beauty of our country. "

I guess supercilious knock-out games are A-OK when you're dishing them out.

[stylin19a]

ouch ! That’s gunna leave a mark.

[The Bat Ladys Husband]

Yes You are right. But I didn’t either know or call him a “noob” (infering that his comment lacked callousness because he was a noob and neither did I insinuate that his comment had some ulterior motive as a troll. I did give my reasons for disagreeing with his position: “Enough people with your attitude and our parks and scenic wonders will be gone. A great example is Petrified Forest NP. The amount of petrified wood stolen from the park one piece at a time has significantly degraded the impressiveness of the park in my lifetime . But they are only rocks.”

I now publicly apologize for the name that I called him I do not apologize for vehemently disagreeing with his attitude.