Re[8]: [at-l] Failing the List requirements

[dfaddleton@mindspring.com (David)]

> "...The AT-L's mission isn't political,
> it's a self-regulating email list with social and informational
interests." David reminds us.
>
> I think what I am saying and RnR is saying, and maybe others, is that some
political issues are too
> important to ignore -- even if it breeds dissension.

I don't think posts about political issues relating to the trail on AT-L
necessarily breed dessension on the AT-L.

Eg., R&R's report of a localized controversy about a billboard provided good
information without preaching or disparaging other's ethics or commitment
"wilderness" or "trail" preservation and enhancement, etc . . . That's the
sort of "information" I enjoy reading here . . .  What's so hard or
difficult to understand about that? What I do with that information is MY
business, not any one else's business . . .

What breeds dessension are, as Jan pointed out, the "YOU" statements which
attack an individual personally, or a group of people, eg., those who enjoy
the NONpartisan aspect of the AT-L . . .  I have no doubt that regardless of
one's partisan position on any given political trail related issue, most of
us will be grateful for clear, succinct reporting such as R&R achieved by
passing on a news article about a billboard . . .