[at-l] Respect For AT Wildness Values

[saunterer@jimbullard.org (saunterer@jimbullard.org)]

Again you assume intentions which based on the reports I've read are not 
supported by any statement of intent from the people you so ready 
condemn.  I truly hope for your sake that others do not judge you as easily 
and harshly as you seem to pass judgment on them.

At 09:50 PM 05/28/2002 -0400, Bryan Kramer wrote:
>I didn't say they were pleased at the result, I'm sure that they are
>chagrined. But as it has been often said the road to hell is paved with
>good intentions. I don't think anyone gave full consideration to the
>results of their decisions at the time, but that is just the problem
>they felt justified in sending a bunch of 'rookies' out to face a deadly
>threat and were not ready to do all in their power to support them. But
>the social milieu of the USFS set up this deadly situation, they allowed
>themselves to be more concerned with regulations, real or imagined, and
>less concerned with the lives that were placed in their care. That is
>damming in my eyes.
>
>Bryan
>
> > "Fumbling" I understand from what I read but where did you get the
> > impression that anyone said "I'd rather see firefighters die than to
> > disturb the endangered fish" ?  At what point was the
> > situation presented
> > to those making decisions as a matter of life or death of
> > firefighters if
> > you don't proceed to take that water immediately?  I think you are
> > attributing an attitude to environmentalists that is not
> > supported by the
> > facts.  People in charge made bad decisions because they
> > didn't know the
> > gravity of the situation and/or they didn't know what the
> > rules were.  It
> > was a tragedy of indecision by those in charge but it's
> > cynical to suggest
> > that the outcome pleased anyone who supports preserving the
> > environment.
> >
> > sAunTerer
> >
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