jesus christ, why on earth do we need to be SO CEREAL?!?! ok, so tourists and gapers pump tons of money into the industry that helps everyone as a whole... so, if they're going to keep doing that while we joke about them behind their backs on NS- where i'm pretty sure they'll never go- what does it matter? i think by now we all get it that these people help the industry, but my aunt Liz makes thanksgiving dinner every year and i still make fun of her. gapers are the awkward black sheep of the skiing family and are treated as such. just because we laugh at them doesn't mean we hate them- it means we find them entertaining in a humorous way, duh. in closing, if something's silly, you should be allowed to laugh at it; gapers are silly, so we should be allowed to laugh at them.