[at-l] WF quotes...

[pelliott@isd.net (Patrick Elliott)]

I agree with his views on the President.
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From: "richard mann" <hike-usa@msn.com>
To: <AT-L@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 1:06 AM
Subject: [at-l] WF quotes...


> Weary stated:
>
> > Wingfoot has the annoying habit of kicking people off his list -- at
least
> some of whom don't
> > deserve to be kicked off. But I don't recall that he publicly makes
> anything like the mean-spirited
> > diatribe i read on this list in reference to Wingfoot.
>
> **********************
>
> Recent Wingfoot quotes (full URLs below):
>
> "I have nothing in common with your view of the Trail, and do not wish to
> associate with you or seek compromise with you."
>
> "...the 21st century definition of wilderness should be "anywhere that
> Bryson hasn't visited and written about..."
>
> "There is nothing except resignation that George [Bush] Jr. could do to
> favorably change my mind about him. He is a mediocre mediocrity and proves
> it every time he opens his mouth. I am ashamed of him daily. I will do
> everything in my power to thwart his agenda."
>
> "I no longer feel kinship with the country of my birth, so it is necessary
> for me to turn elsewhere, since I don't see any prospect that the nation
> will change. I am actively looking at alternatives."
>
> "I won't even bother with your views, except to say that on the reworked
> Trailplace they would never be aired, since they go entirely against what
> this website is and will be about. The new format will not present you
that
> opportunity."
>
> "Why don't you issue a public apology here so that I won't remove you
[from
> ATML] for that remark?"
>
> "I will be making Trailplace much less interactive. The reason for this is
> ... because we have too many people who don't know what the Trail is
about."
>
> "I will take you to court if you continue to harrass this forum"
>
> "I don't want you here anymore."
>
> "...made impossible by the interference and politicking of the Appalachian
> Long Distance Hiker's Association. It's one of the dirty little chapters
in
> the history of long-distance hiking circles."
>
>
> And comments about Wingfoots filtering system:
>
> "The [ATML] word filter is very aggressive and doesn't like words
containing
> the current president's last name, or the name of the competing trail
guide
> by ATC, nor does it seem to like the name of another Long Distance Hiking
> Association which co-authors that guide. Avoid those and you are okay."
>
> "It's the *&^% "word filter." You've typed something it doesn't like. Try
> rephrasing your message (as often as necessary) until you get past the
> filter."
>
>
> URLs:
>
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id84457
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id8407395
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id8407397
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id8407399
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id8411999
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id84121
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id84200
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id84239
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id84244
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id84267
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id84274
>
http://www.trailplace.com/cgi-bin/miva?archive_index.mv+control=display&msid
> =id85952
>
>
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