I'm sure the list could be longer, and it should be before the list of participants here grows shorter.
Joe, I'm almost certain that you are 180* wrong on that. The longer the taboo list of topics, the 'smaller' the number of participants will be. I thought all that fresh air in Idaho would expand your horizons and set you free, Joe.
-Who designed which golf course, if said course is older than, say, 60 years or so.
Original architects and what naturally follows, their intentions of design and how that plays in terms of strategy and style/construction techniques is no longer important to this discussion board? Shirley, you gest?
-How each of us prefers to play the game
So, no archie or someone in charge of a greens committee contemplating remodelling or reconstruction should have information about how people report on their particular play skill and technique of the game they are designing for?
-The implements of the game.
So that whole B&I impliment issue has no bearing on GCA in the brave new world of Joe?
-Construction issues....should you guys really care?
So you are saying, you are a professional dozer operator, and anyone else trying to understand your methods and techiniques is now personal non-gratia? That really sounds elitist and dismisive to me.
-Maintenance, apart from how it affects play or effectiveness of specific architectural features (no need to hang a super or green chairperson inadvertently)
Sure, definitely no need to hang a super or greens chair in comments that might be ignorant of the problems on the ground that may be causing some maintenance issue unduly; but there was that whole 'dumb and dumber' debate that Shack raised some years ago. Sticking our heads in the sand to intentional trends in maintenance that are contrary to the spirit of the game, or just are fighting to promote the fert and chem industries and hoodwink people to thinking a certain over done and costly maintenance presentation is acceptable, is the other side of that coin of commenting on poor conditions not knowing the root cause. There are just and unjust critics of every service or profession. Should all comment be stiffled? How will that help?
Jeff, meow meow... in deed.