John, nobody is saying that Spark doesn't help people, or that he shouldn't be around.
We're talking about attendance to the conferences and I'm qualifying his comments with things that he left out.
My comment about affluence as it applies to land/pond ownership is a general statement, but still valid. Even if you inherited your land/pond, you still pay taxes on the land, and spend more than the average person to maintain and/or improve your land.
