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[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

I've noticed that also - for a little over 14 months.

There was a nice quote today in the NYT: "No one who cannot rejoice in the 
discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar." DONALD 
FOSTER,admitting that his work to establish Shakespeare as the author of an 
obscure poem is wrong.

I have not heard the strident newcomers acknowledge any discovery about 
their prejudices of AT-L as a complacent refuge for WF haters, 
anti-environmentalists and hikers ignorant of the history and culture of 
the AT. Frankly, I doubt their capacity for discovery of any sort.

I remain stridently opposed to extremism of the sort that has been foisted 
on our list over the past year, in particular over the past month. 
Extremists have a tendency to poison dialogue on this list at least as 
efficiently as in politics and religion. I can go to work if I desire to 
discuss concepts with those not employing reality and reason. I walk to 
help that work continue. I have participated on this list to aid my walks 
and to help share the wealth with others.

It appears clear that those most critical of our former list and community 
have no interest in "trail advocacy" but have come for a very clear agenda 
of destruction of a community. It is in that perception that I employed the 
term "bin Laden" as I have previously referred to these cyber-terrorists. 
They consume and defile without sharing anything of value.

I don't know if I will return.

OrangeBug


At 02:21 PM 6/20/2002 -0400, Bob C. wrote:
>I've noticed that few of us like to have our long-held prejudices questioned.