[at-l] Trail History Clarification Requested

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

Mark Bayern wrote:
>But WTF does this have to do with acquisition of trails!
>
>The AT was on the ridge when the land was owned by various summer camps, 
>and it is still on the ridge after we were kicked out (in the 1970s) by the 
>Tocks Island Dam project.
>
>There have been a lot of words posted, but NO ONE has shown any lands that 
>were forcefully taken for the trail.

Hmmm - define "forcefully"

And yes - SNP WAS taken "forcefully" - by any definition.  To a large degree 
for the Trail as well as for other reasons.  Separating the Trail from the 
taking wouldn't be accurate at all.

Go back and read what I wrote again - try the Devil Fork Gap story - then 
multiply that by -- how much?  Or maybe you believe forcing people to spend 
a large part of their income for multiple years on lawyers to continually 
defend against the threat of condemnation isn't a form of force (i.e. - 
coercion)?

Run that by me again, Mark -

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