[at-l] Knowing that it's there..

[rafeb at speakeasy.net (Raphael Bustin)]

At 12:55 AM 8/9/2005 -0400, RnR wrote:


>Did it ever occur to you that the AT is unique and singular? - or is
>it your job as an AT member to make the Trail as indistinct and mundane as
>possible in order to justify cell phone indifference to the Trail's purpose?


Umm, now who's building strawmen, Mr. Rocks And Roots?

The point -- which you seem to be struggling mightily to
avoid -- is that the specific rules that guide Baxter cannot,
and (IMO) should not be applied to the AT in general.

I don't really care if Baxter and MacKaye were best of pals.
99% of those who walk the AT have never heard of either
of these gentlemen.

But hey, I love these terms you conjure up... you know,
like "cell-phone induced access points" and your latest,
"cell phone indifference."

Yep, I'm indifferent.  You bet.  I'd rather see a fellow walk
the AT with a cell phone than not walk it all.


> From reading your writings am I to understand that the AT is just sort of an
>accident with no real purpose but Baxter is a specially designed place with a
>purpose you recognize?


You can build strawmen with the best of them, Mr.
Rocks And Roots.


rafe b
aka terrapin 


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