^Can't find the post you quoted so I'll just pretend I quoted it, and then respond to it:
Laughing on here about the funny things that gapers say is harmless enough, and its funny, but it's when we give them attitude to their faces that it starts being assholish.
Example: When I was 12, I tried to drop into the pipe at Stratton, and I cut this guy off (not knowing any better)...he screamed at me, started flipping out about how I was retarded and all this shit...never went back into a park for 3 more years because I was convinced that everyone in there were assholes and scary people. Had that not happened, I probably would shred today because I would've been skiing in the park for 4 years by now.
We don't want to discourage kids from joining our sport. Educate, don't deprecate.