Re: [ALDHA-L] Re: [at-l] National Dance Institute responds...

["W F Thorneloe, MD (Domain will change soon to attglobal.net)" <thornel@ibm.net>]

Not to attempt to change minds or to impose reason on a controversy, but I 
would like to weigh in on this.

I think that we are being just a little bit silly in questioning the 
motives and ethics of a hiker who happens to be fund raising for a cause, 
regardless if the cause has anything to do with our sport. If we let this 
train of thought continue to run unchecked, we will malign this man. We 
have done the same to Bill Bryson, and come out as sanctimonious as others 
we scoff about.

Hell, this is an old coot who can dance a bunch better than most young 
coots. He has taken a leisurely hike, and has gone out of his way to send 
trail magic into townspeople, as well as to fellow hikers. He delighted my 
pneumonia stricken mother, enough to get her out of bed and to tell me to 
see the segment. He ain't all bad, even if he ain't all good.

Then again, don't we all have that in common?

OrangeBug
Atlanta, GA

At 04:02 PM 12/9/1999 -0500, Thomas McGinnis wrote:
>Uh-ohhhh. Leslie, you're not the only one to say something like this in 
>the last few months, but I'd hate to think that ANYONE would operate under 
>the misapprehension that paying ATC dues entitles anyone to something 
>beyond receiving the Appalachian Trailway News...

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