I knew it from the onset that this thread was going to be perceived like this, especially by the non-racers and noobs amongst us. A ton of people lurk here.

Threads like this are the exact opposite of what it takes to get more people on the water. We should be more careful, this is pretty bad PR for our sport. Especially when the first post is so sensationalized and obviously packed with meta-messages and does not represent Rick's editorial, which I felt was very respectfully written. I'm not exactly sure what the original poster's motivation was. Obviously it wasn't to paint our sport in a good light.

How many other guys do you figure won't be racing at all because of this thread? Time to put in some more effort to combat the 'friendly fire' I rekon.
J