Hey David - I think you're a total douche bag. Not in complete control of my reflexes? Is that a necessary prerequisite to go skiing? You sound like you hang out with icantride on school marm. Is that what the ski instructor told you last week in your advanced beginner class? Did you graduate to the blue squares? Oops, you were probably getting worn out, and thus not in complete control of your reflexes, and called it a day around noon.
As for "complaining about getting busted for doing something illegal," that's not the issue that was raised by the post or the article. This is expending time, money and effort on something that has no negative impact, and then supported by disingenuous logic. It has been acknowledged that for every shack taken down, that several more will go up, so the "tree beetle" argument fails. The other rationale, that it creates a hazard because people "congregate around them," doesn't work, either. Presumably, those people GOING TO a smoke shack are NOT YET HIGH, which would mean that it is more dangerous to ski sober. (Probably true in my case, because I'm pissed off that I don't have doobage). And if "people congregating" is a hazard, well then we should remove all lodges, lift lines and parking lots, because those places are just accidents waiting to happen.
I don't like being called a retard, you ass munch. And probably neither do the other 90% of the people on the mountain who are having a better time than you. To pull the "it's illegal, so don't bitch" argument in relation to antiquated laws that create far more social costs than benefits, and are based solely on a sense of morality that a vast segment of society doesn't share, is dense and paternalistic.
And as for smoking and skiing being dangerous, stay on the greens. I will be too
and that way we won't run into each other. Lame dick.