Free flow of ideas and such is the best. I think the last thing we'd want to do is discourage others, especially newbies, from asking questions about items regarding safety in the mountains, or questions that might enrich a person's trip into the hills from a beta standpoint.

That being said, I feel we should discourage others from writing things that don't make any sense, or add nothing to the conversation... also known as about 75% of the posts on a typical online forum.

I don't actually believe Yuri is sitting around consuming legumes and drooling over Joy Behar - what is without arguement, however, is that he insulted the posted pictures for no reason, and then followed it up with a ridiculous request.

That - I cannot abide.

One note: for those that are concerned, I not only previewed this post 3-4 times, I pondered the effect it would have on not only the online community, but the rest of the population of southern CA.