[at-l] On the cell phone argument

[optimyst at gmail.com (Richard C Evans)]

I'm with Weary on this one.  The only interesting <for a while> part
of the discussion was about the impact of CPs on thruhikers.  The
thought of banning the blasted things for the millions of day hikers
and such is way past its time.  And I say that with regret.  I cannot
imagine a serious initiative to ban them outright from the trail. 
They are ubiquitous.  That might be a topic for a nostalgia hiking
list, but just as we live with certain invasive species and do our
best to minimize their influence, ultimately the fire ants will remain
in Florida and the cell phone will go everywhere that man travels.

Happy trails,

Solar Bear

On 8/18/05, RoksnRoots@aol.com <RoksnRoots@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 8/16/2005 8:59:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> ellen@clinic.net writes:
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> I despair of getting folks to understand. HYOH is here, and will remain. The
> anti-cell phone battle, as I've said many times, was lost long ago.
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>             I disagree. If the ATC reformation is for real there's enough
> sound and thought-out evidence here on this major AT source for them to act
> responsibly and ban cell phones from the Appalachian Trail - just like Baxter and
> for the exact same reasons. Time the insult to MacKaye was righted.
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>             To prove MacKaye was more interested in wilderness than the
> contrived "people" argument some use to avoid his wilderness ethic - When MacKaye
> was forced off the Trail by road blasters he formed the Wilderness Society
> creating large public wildernesses out west. These wildernesses were mainly for
> conservation with none of the "people" element so badly forced on MacKaye by
> others. They were indirectly for people - but not in a way that pushed out his
> real intentions...
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