Comments about: ATVers need to learn respect for land they ride
Every decent person in Maine should be outraged at what recently happened to Starks resident Ernie Hilton.

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LakeWatch of Gardiner, ME
Jun 2, 2008 5:08 PM
Is it pothead or radio head...

Sticks and stones...LOL

Just proves how desperate and how silly those 3000 to 6000 wreckos really are. Demeaning and degrading landowners has been the "defense" these wrecko's have used to justify abusing landowners for the past 15 years. Let's see...landowners are: Crazy, Selfish, Stupid, Lazy, Don't pay taxes, Live off the backs of poor squatters, complain about trash and litter, erosion, noise, and getting run over by wreckos.

Think landowners in Maine need to buck up under all the pressure.report abuse
RADIOHEAD of CENTRAL, ME
Jun 2, 2008 11:47 AM
Maine Lake Watch, you're going to drive yourself crazy trying to stop people from doing things that you don't enjoy.

Maybe you already have....bringing up incidents that happened 30 years ago is a sure sign.

You should relax and get along with your neighbors.report abuse
george hunt of augusta, ME
Jun 2, 2008 11:33 AM
yes,if there were no atv's the two people could still have trespassed on his land, perhaps kicked him in the shin or left shoe prints on his pants. as we all know guns don't kill people people do, but i would still rather face a sociopath who is armed with a penknife.
the paper keeps argiuing for the reponsible use of an irresponsible toy, instead of addressing the question of why the woods can't be for people who are willing to walk into them and listen to nature instead of deafening and destroying it. sometimes profit isn't the most important thing.someitmes the classified page should not dictate policy.why when people are buying up wood because fuel is so expensive, the use of fossil fuel is causing global warming, and maine has an obesity problem the paper can't advocate weaning people away from their addiction to sit down, gas wasting, noisemaking vehicles only they could answer if they saw any profit in it.report abuse
Solid of Winthrop, ME
Jun 2, 2008 10:08 AM
In my opinion the Native People got it correct, until the White man came along and laid claim to sections of the land, bring with them the traditions of Europe; However without property lines in a civilized and developed Nation we would have disorder.

Far too deep of a debate for a Monday!report abuse

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