I agree.  The problem is defining "bear smart" and to some well meaning people that means "respecting" the bear's space and allowing it to eat acorns on your property.   It is better to "scare the hell" out of that bear (from a safe vantage point)  so it avoids you and your property than to simply back off and go in the house.   Also vacationer often don't know the rules, and if you have never done anything stupid in a foreign territory you don't travel enough.  I have done stupid things only 100 miles from home.  Vacationer often don't have a clue- rip tides, alligators, deep water disguised as a puddle. B-girls, navigable water ways with low electric lines, etc.    I was attacked in Paris by smiling young students leaving school mid-day whom I didn't know to fear.