[Huck]

If you go camping in bear country, as they did, you can't call it "stumbling" upon bears, any more than if I took a late night tour of East Orange and stumbled upon crack ho's and gangstas. If they didn't want to see animals, they should have gone to the shopping mall. This story is a joke.

Newsflash! Campers in Alaska encounter snow and cold! News at 11!

[Blue Jays]

Hi Huck-

Posted by Huck:
"...If you go camping in bear country..."

C'mon Huck, bear country? We're talking about the most densely-populated state in the USA, fer' crying out loud. Where these kids were attacked is mere minutes drive from shopping malls, schools, movie theaters, TGIFridays', quickie marts, and typical suburban sprawl.

If this incident were in Alaska, your position would be understandable. A reasonable suburban NJ resident doesn't expect to have to tangle with man-sized creatures when he or she takes a walk in a state park.

Warn visitors, aggressively advise them against hiking at certain times of the year, make pepper spray easily available, and promote the open carry of shotguns, rifles, and handguns when afield, and then people may carry some responsibility if they're attacked.

~ Blue Jays ~

[Skooz]

If you go camping in bear country, as they did, you can't call it "stumbling" upon bears, any more than if I took a late night tour of East Orange and stumbled upon crack ho's and gangstas. If they didn't want to see animals, they should have gone to the shopping mall. This story is a joke.

Newsflash! Campers in Alaska encounter snow and cold! News at 11!

Belated post of the day. Exactly.