get the tree huggers out of parliament, starting with kevin dud and his the growth nhis ass anna bligh
hello decay,
the kites sure seem to stir the birds up. if the non-local kiters were deliberately doing this i can understand the other folk being very unimpressed.
as various threads on seabreeze have argued, signage only effects the behaviour of people who are capable of considering others (people or critters), or at least recognising their longer-term self interest (being able to kite certain spots) as being aligned with the interests of others. unfortunately kiting is a sport with its share of short-sighted and selfish types for whom signs and rational requests are just fuel to a fire of stupidity.
on a philosophical/ethical note, would you (and other kiters can think about this hypothetically) agree to stop kiting certain places at certain times if there was strong evidence that it was ecologically harmful? considering this question is one way to clarify your position and/or find a more satisfactory one.
on a trivial but potentially bureaucratically helpful note, in point 2, you mean "one third" not "a 3rd," and 25 days per year is a lot more than 1%. perhaps you meant less than 10%?
good luck. kiting has to be more environmentally sound than jetskiing, 4wding, and a lot of other noisy, dirty and resource-intensive sports. if done sensibly, a great way to enjoy and deepen our interest in beautiful places.
on a serious note there are plenty of places in AUS (much more advanced country I know
) that have bans on going anywhere near migrating birds nesting areas during their season. That video was pretty bad - there were heaps of birds and they looked pretty distirbed.
If they have been using a place for thousands of years to rest after migration because it is suitable due to lack of predators etc - so much so that the place is an instinctual nesting place and by disturbing them there can massivly damage the species, then I think they should not be disturbed. Rather than risk a blanket ban on kiting the area (lets face it you can never enforce local guidelines on visitors and waankers) Why not suggest a ban during the nesting period? If it's only for 6 weeks? or a certain month or whatever the birds win and you don't lose your spot for good.
Yeah - sorry - I did get the response I was looking for - some of it was off forum too.
I deleted the post as I did consider some of the content could have fueled anti-kiters in other area/countries or could have been used as examples by them.
Best that it didn't stay of record in here for the rest of time?
Cheers
Dave Kay
Ruakaka
New Zealand
