Question about campsite policies
I have noticed around Texas that the majority of the public campgrounds (especially State Parks) have a policy of no alcohol. The signage varies from the strict "No alcoholic beverages of any kind pe...
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jplante4 wrote:drsteve wrote:
Really? Preventing drunk morons from raising hell in the campground is government overreach?
Punishing everyone else for the morons' actions instead of giving the rangers the authority to deal with morons on a case by case basis is what I consider overreach.
From the posts in this thread you can see how this particular rule is used. In general, campers ignore the rule and rangers don't enforce the rule unless they have to. Except for a couple of members here, this seems to make sense to everyone.
Can you imagine the row here if the issue was people who don't pick up after their dog and banning pets from all state parks?
They are able to deal with morons on a case by case basis. They put the rule in place because the rangers spend so much time dealing with those morons on an individual basis they can't do the rest of their jobs.
Same reason why places have put so many restrictions on dogs at Parks - because the number of moronic violators outweigh the folks who have common sense and follow the rules to a reasonable point (i.e., picking up after their dogs, not letting their dogs run at other campers, etc.).
When the gross violators overwhelm the system, they establish the rules.
