not cool
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I believe the author is the same person as our own Apu Zen (their avatars are the same): http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/members/apu-zen.2080/
And evidently she is also registered here as VenturesToAnomaly: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/members/venturestoanomaly.2149/
Or maybe they are just friends?
And evidently she is also registered here as VenturesToAnomaly: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/members/venturestoanomaly.2149/
Or maybe they are just friends?
I doubt we will hear from her again.
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/recent-vandalism-at-brooksbrae.8481/page-5#post-115955
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/recent-vandalism-at-brooksbrae.8481/page-5#post-115955
I have been told Law Enforcement knows about them.
http://venturestoanomaly.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/20130612_192029.jpg?w=1
http://venturestoanomaly.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/20130612_192029.jpg?w=1
THis looks like something I woulda done when I was twenty.Not saying I did,it just never occured to me,which is surprising since I knew about the place when i was twenty.
I didn't really read through their site, what exactly are they doing wrong? Are they vandalizing sites or just exposing them?
Suppose this is the same as broadcasting reptile locations publicly on reptile nutty forums. I get it now.
I don't care for it myself but (for the little I looked) I think they made a nice effort with the website. They are excited about the places they visited and felt the need to share them. In itself, that is something constructive and it's better than playing videogames and sneaking off to the pines to get drunk with their buddies. So part of me wants to encourage them, while hoping the experience ultimately causes them to have respect for our history and special places. I mean - they're really just kids, they are learning.
OTOH, I do have a real problem with the attitude about graffitti in the closed thread that Guy linked to. This is definitely "not cool" in my book.
And I also have a problem with climbing the ruins at Harrisville (see the picture that Guy linked to). But, like Al said, most of us did some things at age 22 that we aren't proud of today. People grow up, they change - hopefully for the better.
OTOH, I do have a real problem with the attitude about graffitti in the closed thread that Guy linked to. This is definitely "not cool" in my book.
And I also have a problem with climbing the ruins at Harrisville (see the picture that Guy linked to). But, like Al said, most of us did some things at age 22 that we aren't proud of today. People grow up, they change - hopefully for the better.
Wow, that's some really deep stuff there. That's almost as deep as the stuff I was coming up with when I was 15.
I don't care for it myself but (for the little I looked) I think they made a nice effort with the website. They are excited about the places they visited and felt the need to share them. In itself, that is something constructive and it's better than playing videogames and sneaking off to the pines to get drunk with their buddies. So part of me wants to encourage them, while hoping the experience ultimately causes them to have respect for our history and special places. I mean - they're really just kids, they are learning.
OTOH, I do have a real problem with the attitude about graffitti in the closed thread that Guy linked to. This is definitely "not cool" in my book.
And I also have a problem with climbing the ruins at Harrisville (see the picture that Guy linked to). But, like Al said, most of us did some things at age 22 that we aren't proud of today. People grow up, they change - hopefully for the better.
Al is now 50 and much larger then at 20.Something in me would still like to climb it but I"m not sure if i fell weather I"d bounce or splat.I also do have a little more respect for historical stuff then I used to,maybe thats because I"
m officially historical now.
Mostly harmless.
The author is the next generation of Pine Barrens enthusiasts. At least she's showing an interest in history instead of sitting on Facebook all day like a lot of other people do. I disagree with her on the graffiti thing but otherwise I think she's doing a good job with her site.
The author is the next generation of Pine Barrens enthusiasts. At least she's showing an interest in history instead of sitting on Facebook all day like a lot of other people do. I disagree with her on the graffiti thing but otherwise I think she's doing a good job with her site.
Agree with Ben, everyone starts somewhere its up to people with more exp to guide them properly.
They are doing possibly a good or a bad thing for the right reasons.After they seeing a few places dear to themselves trashed and destroyed and perhaps finding that they led the vandals to the spot this may temper their enthusiasm for publicity.Again not trashing them for what their doing I just think they don't have a full grasp of human nature yet.We don't all follow the same rules.