Bill Lear writes: >> First, you are a bastard --- everyone who has played Pebble while I have >> not deserves to rot in hell.
The true progressive spirit. >> I golf, with a 3.5 handicap (applause, bowing) and I love the game, >> for which I gave up soccer due to a knee injury. But so much of golf >> is behind private enclaves of wealth and privilege that it is >> nauseating. And don't even get me started on Tiger Woods --- what a >> dick, I'm glad he's 6 over par in the Bridgestone tournament (go >> Elin!). Irrefutable proof that lack of sexual activity adversely affects athletic performance. >> Next time you are in Austin, let me know, and we'll go hit the links. >> My treat. Thanks. Let me know when you are in LA. Maybe we can get Jim Devine to caddy for us. >> But this also begs the question: you are talking beauty here. Why would >> a golf course be more beautiful than the natural beauty that existed there >> before the bulldozers went to work? Would Yosemite be better if we put up >> 45 golf courses in its canyon? Ah, a truly philosophical question. So many potential responses/questions. Is beauty objective or subjective? Why would natural beauty be "higher" than created beauty? Do you think a rock formation that resembles a human face is inherently more beautiful than a sculpted human face? If your preference for natural beauty to created beauty a progressive value or a Lear value? Not only is the green fee at Pebble Beach $495 (an extraordinarily high fee in the golf world), but Pebble Beach charges cars $9.50 to drive on the road to see the golf resort (the famous 17-mile drive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17-Mile_Drive), and the tourists are lined up. Is it not meaningful that people are willing to pay such fees to see a creation intersect with nature? As there is clearly disagreement on whether a golf course has beauty, who and how should we decide whether there should be a golf course on any specific acreage? Here is a link to the Pebble Beach page (with pictures) at a website devoted to golf course architecture: http://golfclubatlas.com/courses-by-country/usa/pebble-beach. David Shemano _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
