Comments on: Well, 3.5 Years Later I Guess I Can Finally Stop Saying That Councilman Tom LaBonge Is A Nonresponsive Disinterested Bastard

By: Burns!

Burns! — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:11:26 +0000

I’m still watching, too. Please…vent.

By: WILL CAMPBELL

WILL CAMPBELL — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:48:59 +0000

Your comments are priceless, elysianfields. This “forum” you’ve entwined yourself about like a creeping fig is pretty much just you and me now, so for entertainment value alone there is no way I’d prevent you from what’s obviously a quest to continue sticking your foot ever-deeper into your mouth. Vent away!

By: elysianfields

elysianfields — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:36:06 +0000

Your the one with the silly soapbox Will Cambell of Metblogs. Must make you feel like a celebrity a big shot a playa. I’m venting. so what. That’s what these forums are for. Disable the comments if you can’t stand the heat.
and Rob;
There is NO room for mechanical devices on the trails that can reach speeds that cause death.
Idiot.

By: WILL CAMPBELL

WILL CAMPBELL — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:02:46 +0000

I find it infinitely fascinating that after all the vitriol and unbending righteous indignation that Elysianfields still somehow expects one to take seriously — much less counter — the “reasoning” he or she delivered throughout this comment thread, starting with the first comment as follows and going downtrail from there:

“Look Will, we will fight you TO THE LAST breath. We will not allow your dangerous psychotic reckless riders on the trails of GP and EP. Stay where you are and be happy. Your exuberant vigilantism in our parks and your over the top rent-a-cop status must make you feel real important. Try and tell me what to do or how to behave and I’ll put a stick in your spokes. WE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE UP TO AND WE ARE MOBILIZING. STAY OUT OF GRIFFITH PARK AND ELYSIAN PARK. This is war.”

There is no interest in discussion from the likes of Elysianfields. A desire for neither decency nor dialogue. Just deadset ridicule, condemnation and hatred all spewed forth sourly and selfishly from a silly soapbox.

By: robpoynter

robpoynter — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:38:24 +0000

relax, elysianpark.

there are hundreds of miles of trails.
some of these are rarely used by anyone.
designate a couple of these as MB trails.
Post signs.

no “attacks” here, elysianpark. no “side” I’m on either. I don’t even mountain bike. I simply believe we all can enjoy and co-exist, happily, in the park.

By: elysianfields

elysianfields — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:30:16 +0000

Hey Rob to say that I can’t partake in a sensible discussion is absurd. If you read the posts then you’ll find that I gave my reasons why I think its a bad idea. Yet no one countered my reasoning with an alternative reasoning. None of you can say why the people who are against bikes on the trails are wrong and you are right. I reiterate that bikes can reach very high speeds and can and will eventually hit an individual, baby carriage, dog or horse. This city has the lowest ratio of park space to population and putting high speed mechanical vehicles on the trails is homicidally bad public policy. The fact is nobody one your side has said WHY its a good idea to put bikes on the trails. You can attack me all you want but that in itself will not get across your reasoning that this is the correct policy to follow. If this is the quality of the opposition then I guess the NO camp has little to worry about.

By: WILL CAMPBELL

WILL CAMPBELL — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:47:30 +0000

Thanks Rob. That’s indeed part of my point: there’s room for everybody.

By: robpoynter

robpoynter — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:47:49 +0000

With the hundreds of trails in GP alone, there is no reason why there can’t be a few dedicated MB trails. With signs posted to warn hikers, and even a varying day use policy, there is certainly a way to facilitate MBs. Keep up the good fight Will. It’s a shame elysianfields can’t partake in a sensible discussion.

By: WILL CAMPBELL

WILL CAMPBELL — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:30:18 +0000

elysianfields, you made that abundantly clear. Too bad you weren’t able to make that simple declarative point without the righteously inflammatory and disparaging tones you maintained throughout your comments.

And to counter your video submission, here’s the other end of the spectrum, proof that not all of us are the reckless psychos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaTIxAPkQvk

By: elysianfields

elysianfields — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:00:25 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRRaW6ENm8I