Re: [at-l] Cell phones revisited

["Malcolm Fuller" <mfuller@somtel.com>]

Coosa wrote:

[...]

> If it's a hike yer own hike when it comes to a sleeping
> bag or a backpack or a tent, then why do we not allow
> the person to decide what they place in the sleeping bag,
> backpack or tent?

> We're not talking guns here (for which each State has a
> plethora of rules, regulations and licenses and getting
> caught can get you put in jail or fined), we're talking
> things that some people believe makes their hike more
> enjoyable.

Why not include guns? The same principles you're hinting
at apply to them.

Or is this simply an exercise in drawing arbitrary lines?

> What does someone else having a cell phone in their pack
> have to do with your hike anyway?   What does someone else
> having a pocketmailer/palmpilot (or a GPS) in their pack
> have to do with your hike anyway?  What does someone else
> using hiking poles have to do with your hike if you decide
> not to use them?

[...]

"If you mind your own business then you won't be minding
mine."

- MF


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