ORIGINAL: ChuckS
R.S.B. The quote
"
All that is required for evil to triumph is for enough
good men to
do nothing." --was by Edmund Burke
I use it often.
I think your reason for all the "bad" WCO was pretty good.
Another quote Ihave been using may fit:
"... still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."--Simon and Garfunkel
300smbswm said:
"Here is a tip for the PGC. Want to get the youth interested again in hunting? Hit the schools. Send flyers home. Paper is cheap. Be creative. WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS NOT ENOUGH. I have a son who will be 13 and 9 of his ten friends do not hunt. THAT IS YOUR FAULT!!!"
You have no idea the PR / educational work the WCO's do. They do go to schools. In talking over lunch with WCO Fife (Monroeville) I was amazed at what she gets accomplished in a week. Including visiting schools as you suggested. Even taking a trapped bear to school to show them how it was processed. The kids loved it.
Your kids friends do not hunt and it is the PGC's fault??
You haven't a clue. Where do you get this from?
Sorry for your experiences. But in my experience, the WCO's, DWCO's and LCO's I have met, theydo an outstanding job with there limited resources/budget. Yes, I have heard a lot of grousing even rants similar to yours, but I am discerning enough to know that often it is because they didn't like "being spanked." Other times it is just a matter of the story getting twisted and blown out of proportion as the story is told and retold.
ChuckS
Your response is just as ignorant and narrow as a PGC member. Did I say all of them are crooked? NO. Did I say that there are good ones and bad ones? I do believe I did.
The lack of youth hunters is much their fault. See, YOU are being naive here. For every 1 school they visit, there are another 15 schools they don't. With much more anit-gun stance by parents the PGC could no longer be passive and arrogant. When I was a kid, it went like this. Hunt, Drive, 18(adult) 21 then oh **** time is flying. They took for granted the fact that8 out of ten kids hunted. Now the number is the same..it is just who doesnt hunt. 8 out of ten. Don't forget all the adults they upset who will not take their kids hunting. Ask a lot of 30-50 year old adults if they hunt. I guarantee you that the number one answer is this, "I used to hunt."Ask them ten years ago, and the number one answer was HELL YEAH I HUNT!
I am sure the one you speak of does a good job. I am not so ignorant if you READ ALL MY POST to this fact. PGC problem is much like yours in that of tunnel vision. I dont hate the PGC much like some but do you really think they just automatically starting disliking the PGC for the hell of it?
I think they have a tough job. Yes I think they have a huge territory.
Love how you use the term spanked. Again all these people who dislike the PGC must have been slapped on the wrist before. WRONG. again..WRONG.
Typical ignorant naive answer. How about all the grandfathers, fathers, Grand mothers, mothers who have never been arrested or warned for any violation...how about those people who are fed up with the PGC? They have an influence on their family members from their negative opinions of the PGC.
"Malicious lies" being "spanked"..among others are always the excuses by the PGC for being disliked.
How about this.. get off your throne and face the fact that your ideals and Law Enforcement practice...collectivley are far from perfect. Which makes you no different than any other law or enforcing body in this state or country.
Unlike the PGC, most know they are far from perfect.
Do you realize how many hunters the PGC would gain the repect back from ifthey all said collectivley, we have made some major mistakes over the last 20 plus years. We intend to fix these problems ASAP.
People forgive the liar who confesses a lot faster than then one who keeps lying.