[at-l] ATC ad policy

[DaRedhead@aol.com (DaRedhead@aol.com)]

In a message dated 8/9/01 8:40:52 AM US Eastern Standard Time, 
ellen@clinic.net writes:


> People go for hikes in the woods to get a respite from commercialism. 

Common sense, therefore says we ought to keep commercials out of the woods, 
> hills and mountains. This mantra: "Who says what a thru hike ought to be?" 
> gets tiring at times? It's become a way to prevent rational discussion of 
> what the trail is or ought to be.
> 


Kahley asked "Who says what a thru hike ought to be?" - to me, that would 
encourage discussion of what the trail is or ought to be, or at least, 
various people's ideas of what it is or ought to be, more so than a statement 
that "People go for hikes in the woods to get away from commercialism."  Her 
question tells me that she understands that people are out there for a host 
of reasons, some wildly opposite from each other.  Your statement means you 
are telling me WHY I hike, which you just can't know.  So which one 
encourages rational debate? The open ended question, or the one that is 
telling *me* why I hike?

> As a great American preacher once said, "Nothing in the world is more 
> dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
> 

I've always found that ignorance can be cured, while stupidity cannot.  I 
don't think, in any case, that this is a quote which will promote "rational 
discussion" - insults rarely do.

The Redhead


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