[Utah-astronomy] Green laser pointers and Star Parties...

I myself don't have any problem with green laser pointers provided they are not carelessly pointed at others. I caught one in the eye 2 public star parties ago, which took some time for the green dot image to fade away. The person who shined it in my eye will not be so careless next time. On the whole, I find them to be quite useful at times. For instance, I have used my green laser pointer in conjunction with my sometimes noisy, but highly sophisticated LX200, ;) to show my friends where to point their Dob's when searching for hard to find objects. Like you, I don't "image" in a crowd so I'm okay with it.