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wood fires at Arapiles 10-Jun-2011 At 10:42:36 AM jezza

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On 10/06/2011 Wendy wrote:
>Actually, i did, right at the start. Where i pointed out that firewood
>collection in the park was banned. Had been for ages. And that fires were
>restricted to fire pits. And may to november. Given that all three of
>these fire regulations are being breached, the logical consequence is that
>fire priviledges will be revoked. In what way does that not make sense?

Wendy, those are _your_ points (and agenda?). It's not about what you said, it's about the recommendation. If you look at the recommendation it _doesn't_ say
- people have been collecting firewood
- people have been lighting fires out of season
- people have been lighting fires outside of fire pits
- people have painstakingly been placing poo into poo piles.

What it _does_ say is that there's a very strong possibility that firewood gathering has an impact on biodiversity. Therefore, we're going to ban fires more.

> Imagine you give your child a toy bat. You explain to them that it's not
>ok to beat their little sister with the bat. They use the toy to beat up
>their little sister. You take away the toy because they can't use it responsibly.
>

That's not an appropriate analogy, based on the words of the recommendation. Imagine you saw on TV that there's a strong correlation between people beating up other people with bats, and bat ownership. So, out of concern of family bat-related violence, you take away your kid's cricket bat. That'd be closer to what's happening here.