Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Conan The Librarian wrote:

... (BTW, do you see any irony here in the fact that you, the
self-proclaimed elitist, are the *only* one defending the
big-corporation, mass-produced, beer-for-the-masses?)

Irony ? No, I don't see any irony. What's ironic about a
group of fly fishermen being dumbass, yuppie beer snobs ?
Sounds more like business as usual to me.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Flyfishers are basically a group of
elitist snobs.

Some would even say things like:

Doesn't make a damn bit of difference what a majority of people
think. If a majority of people thought a "Dogs Playing Poker"
painting was a better painting than the Mona Lisa, the majority
of people would be wrong.

Or:

"That one does not fish for trout with spinning lures or
live bait is taken for granted, along with toilet training."

-William Humphrey-

I drown worms myself fishing for catfish. You're right
it's a gas. Put the Cardinal game on the radio, drink
beer, kick back in the lawn chair. But if you're talking
about trout, I gotta admit to being an elitist snob that
agrees more with Mr. Humphrey.

Or maybe:

Leader links are tacky little doodads for those who are
too lazy or incompetent to tie good knots.

You wouldn't hang a velvet Elvis in the Louvre, why put
tacky **** on your flyline ?

Or:

Since when has elitism become a pejorative ? Why does it seem that
slapping the elitist label on someone is enough to push their
arguments beyond the pale of polite discussion ?

You have to blind in one eye and unable to see out of the other
not to realize that some people and some things ARE better than
others. Some people are smarter and more honest than others and
some ideas are better than others. Egalitarianism is seductive,
but it seems perverse to deny common sense.

It is a better thing we do to fish with dry flies rather than
corn kernels, and if that makes me an elitist, I am proud to be
an elitist.

Or is it acceptable to be elitist only when you agree with Ken?


Chuck Vance (don't worry ... that's a rhetorical question; you've
already given your answer loud and clear)