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Caroline COOPER
Guest
WARNING!! MORE ANTI-ANGLING APATHY !!
Coming as I do from a family of very ardent anglers I or rather we were very disappointed indeed to read the remarks and recommendations by Graham Marsden about how to tackle the Anti-Angling Brigade.
The future of angling can only be secured by a firm, righteous i.e. legal and proactive stance at the very least as prominent if not more so than that of the Antis.
In my personal opinion and those of many other anglers that I know, Graham?s remarks were negative and defeatist: picking-up your tackle and walking away is just being lily-livered; it?s just what they want and is playing right into their hands; walking away is for wimps. As my Dad used to say ?The meek may inherit the Earth but in the meantime us tough b*******s have got to look after it!? Anarchy would reign if everyone followed Graham?s (bad) advice: ?Don?t get involved?.
It?s definitely not a matter as Graham says of sinking to anyone else?s level, it?s a matter of standing up for your rights and beliefs and helping to ensure that the law is followed. You don?t have to have the brain of much more than a pea to realise what would happen if everyone walked away from such issues. Of course any violence on either side is illegal and should be seen as such. It?s just a matter of doing everything that?s necessary and possible within the law.
Oh, and one final point .... friendly rivalry between angling websites is fair enough except when it descends to un-truths. FM may be good but it?s definitely not always first with everything as Graham frequently claims, no doubt tongue in cheek; this is evidenced for just one example by the fact that the threat of the Anti-angling brigade at this time of year has been prominent on other angling websites for some time. Come on, behave and play the game, please! And please STAND UP TO THOSE ANTIS!
Yours sincerely
The Coopers
Coming as I do from a family of very ardent anglers I or rather we were very disappointed indeed to read the remarks and recommendations by Graham Marsden about how to tackle the Anti-Angling Brigade.
The future of angling can only be secured by a firm, righteous i.e. legal and proactive stance at the very least as prominent if not more so than that of the Antis.
In my personal opinion and those of many other anglers that I know, Graham?s remarks were negative and defeatist: picking-up your tackle and walking away is just being lily-livered; it?s just what they want and is playing right into their hands; walking away is for wimps. As my Dad used to say ?The meek may inherit the Earth but in the meantime us tough b*******s have got to look after it!? Anarchy would reign if everyone followed Graham?s (bad) advice: ?Don?t get involved?.
It?s definitely not a matter as Graham says of sinking to anyone else?s level, it?s a matter of standing up for your rights and beliefs and helping to ensure that the law is followed. You don?t have to have the brain of much more than a pea to realise what would happen if everyone walked away from such issues. Of course any violence on either side is illegal and should be seen as such. It?s just a matter of doing everything that?s necessary and possible within the law.
Oh, and one final point .... friendly rivalry between angling websites is fair enough except when it descends to un-truths. FM may be good but it?s definitely not always first with everything as Graham frequently claims, no doubt tongue in cheek; this is evidenced for just one example by the fact that the threat of the Anti-angling brigade at this time of year has been prominent on other angling websites for some time. Come on, behave and play the game, please! And please STAND UP TO THOSE ANTIS!
Yours sincerely
The Coopers