[at-l] This 'n that.....

[lwbooher@halifax.com (Leslie Booher)]

And it's not as if Don West just died.  He's been dead several years, hasn't
he?  I know he was dead before the 2000 Gathering.  I think he'd been dead
long before that.  anklebear

----- Original Message -----
From: Felix <AThiker@smithville.net>
To: AT-list <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] This 'n that.....


> TOKTAADN@aol.com wrote:
>
> > 1)  I applauded Warren's courage.  Here is a man who knew how unpopular
that
> > reading would be, and still had the balls to proceed.  Most of us long
> > distance hikers have that kind of courage when we set out on our hikes
to the
> > amazement and chagrin of our family and friends who just don't get it.
We
> > turn to our hiking friends for needed support.  To turn on our founder
like
> > the majority did indicates WE just don't get it.
>
> So, had Warren decided to stand there naked, would you have applauded his
courage
> to do so? It would have had as much to do with ALDHA and the Gathering as
his
> poems did. To call doing something you know is going to be foolish
courageous is
> nonsense. Your last point makes me want to ask: If Warren jumped off a
cliff,
> would you...he is "OUR" founder (whatever the hell that means), ya know.
>
>
>
> > 2)  I applauded out of respect.  Warren founded ALDHA.  Without Warren's
> > contribution, I wouldn't have been in Hanover that weekend. I wouldn't
have
> > been inspired by Brian Robinson, I wouldn't have enjoyed my fireside
chat
> > with Jim and Ginny and I wouldn't have had that great time at the contra
> > dance.  I will support Warren's access to the whole gathering for as
long as
> > I'm a member.
>
> So, once someone does something that is a good idea, or a worthy cause,
they can
> do no wrong after? That is loyalty, my friend.
>
>
>
> > 3)  I applauded the artistry of the poems.  I wonder if any of those who
> > thought Warren was out of line enjoy listening to Crosby, Stills and
Nash, or
> > Jimmy Buffet, or Simon and Garfunkel or just about any group that was
making
> > music in the 60's.  If you listen to the lyrics of some of their songs
that
> > were written during that era, you would find they were tapping into the
same
> > angst that the Don West poems were.  Don't give Jimmy Buffet a pass and
nail
> > Warren Doyle.  How fair is that?
>
> What do Jimmy Buffett, CSN, Simon and Garfunkel and Don West's poems have
to do
> with ALDHA? Hiking? The Gathering?  If you attended an accountants seminar
and the
> opening remarks were a poem about some guy who got cut in half by a band
> saw...would you applaud the reader for having the courage to be so stupid?
>
>
> > 4)  I applauded out of respect for Don West.  He had passed away and the
> > readings were a memorial to a friend of ALDHA who gave us our first
meeting
> > place if I correctly understand the history.  I felt a friend of ALDHA
who
> > passed away deserved my applause.
>
> "May we observe a moment of silence for Don West, friend of ALDHA, who
passed
> away? Thank you."  Wow, that works.
>
>
> > You bet I was paying attention. Warren prefaced the readings by saying
they
> > weren't his own feelings, but rather a tribute to a friend.  Seems to me
most
> > not applauding either were intolerant, disrespectful, or not paying
attention.
>
> I rarely applaud good poetry. I will not applaud bad poetry. I definitely
will not
> applaud bad poetry read where it shouldn't have been.
> --
> Felix Enero
> ME-->GA '98
> "Your Move"
> http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
>
>
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