[at-l] Who cares about MacKaye?

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

In a message dated 4/11/2002 8:14:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ellen@clinic.net writes:


> In  case anyone truly needs an answer, it's mostly a waste of bandwidth. But 
> all
> the attention sure makes RnR feel good.
> 
> Weary
> 

       *** Hey, I resent that, truly I do Weary. I appreciate your objective 
support of my Trail information posts against the tide of contempt that 
passes for community bonding, but this post goes too far. If you think I'm 
trying to encourage a discourse on MacKaye and the Trail's forgotten 
environmental cause to get attention, then even you yourself probably need to 
get a little Trail education too.  

     I don't feel good at all. I feel rotten. It makes me extremely unhappy 
to know that most AT cyber occupiers couldn't care less about investigating 
the Trail's past and philosophical origins and feel more enthusiastic 
engaging in chat room tit for tat wars and slams. As far as a community that 
MacKaye envisioned, Wingfoot was right when he said that there really isn't 
any AT community out there as far as the Trail's purpose is concerned 
(outside of ATC). Those who claimed they weren't rejecting what WF was doing 
but how he did it should try to reconcile why anyone who attempts to install 
a sense of Trail environmentalism is set upon and vilified for even trying. 
Unlike many regulars in here, I've never called for censorship or openly 
ridiculed anyone for posting something AT-on-topic they believed in. To 
portray this as democratic will and natural is just intellectual depravity, 
anarchy, or just plain dull indifference. I don't see the same passive 
acceptance with the environmental will shown by the majority as represented 
by the government in acquisition matters...

     I honestly believe if MacKaye's original sense of AT motivation which 
resulted in the Trail's birth was restored issues like Saddleback could be 
assisted. I don't see how what you posted above helps that Weary. Obviously I 
respect the topic more than yourself. I'm not censoring, bullying or 
dictating to anyone. So, what's the excuse now?


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