[at-l] Re: A Walk in the Woods

[infinity1plus1 at yahoo.com (Robert)]

It does seem odd that an author would do so. Maybe he didn't. Maybe he contacted someone and that person failed to deliver the message. Maybe he couldn't show and could not contact someone that day, but contacted them at a later time and that message was never passed on. Maybe he is an ass and doesn't care about the people that gathered that day. Maybe... maybe... maybe... This is much like making "if" statements. If my mother had wheels, she'd be a wagon. If pigs could fly...

RoksnRoots@aol.com wrote:In a message dated 6/1/2005 2:49:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
infinity1plus1@yahoo.com writes:
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That was my point. He hasnt given a reason. Why do people insist on making up 
reasons for him?
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Hmm, while an author can miss a speaking appearance for any reason 
he sees fit it does seem unusual that the appearance would be missed without 
apology or explanation. Especially when the appearance is for the foremost 
group associated with the subject of his best selling book.

Weary is a well-intentioned person, but sometimes pushes the 
believable with his attempts at smoothing things out. While I agree the average ALDHA 
audience is pretty mild-mannered, there was clearly contention over his book. 
There were difficult questions that were going to be asked. Maybe not a 
hostile audience, but an intentioned one. 

On the other hand Weary did do a good job in pointing out that WITW 
was probably written off-trail from other sources and that the author did not 
really experience the full extent of what he was writing about. At that point 
it is probably in the author's best interest to keep this from becoming too 
well known...
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