[GeoStL] Re: Can't we all just get along?
- From: Andy Sims <yutty_666@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 08:22:32 -0800 (PST)
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It was a lame attempt at levity.
--- Eric & Dayna East <believer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Andy,
>
> If you want to attend group events then do so. I
> hope you have a wonderful time, there are
> some great people in SLAGA! I'm sure you'll be
> accpted.
>
> That being said you really shouldn't say that
> religion should be kept off of the list while
> ending your post with a decidedly religious (or
> should I say anti-religous) reference.
>
> Eric
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> Andy Sims wrote:
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> > -
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I think the list should be limited to Geocaching,
> > abortion, gun control, human cloning, religion (or
> > lack of,) racial issues, nuclear weapons, violence
> in
> > video games and the media, the death penalty, drug
> > legalization, the Kennedy assasination, school
> > shootings, postal shootings, rap, Catcher in the
> Rye,
> > and dog fights, but NEVER sexuality.
> >
> > I kid, but I know things are bound to drift off
> topic
> > from time to time but a lot of things that are not
> > directly geocaching related may be still be of
> > interest such as:
> >
> > Cycling
> > Park Legislation
> > Conservation
> > Homeland Security and it's effect on GPS users
> > The Weather
> > Geostl.com being hacked
> > Etc etc etc.
> >
> > But unless someone is going to have a group cache
> > combined with a same sex marriage, it's totally
> > pointless as far as this list is concerned.
> >
> > How are we to tell the difference between an
> > informational camping NGR message, and a stem cell
> > research NGR message from the subject line? I
> didn't
> > pick up on what the post was about till I opened
> it.
> > I'm not an acronym dictionary.
> >
> > I've been part of newsgroups and mailing lists
> from
> > the old BBS days, and when things get all hot and
> > bothered over something totally off topic, it just
> > ruins the list. People stop reading and miss
> events.
> > Important information gets lost, and most of all
> > people get their feelings hurt in a place that
> they
> > assumed was a safe haven.
> >
> > Some questions are better left alone. My stance
> on
> > sexuality would probably make most of you blind.
> So
> > I'm not going get into that in here out of respect
> for
> > people who don't approve of what I may or may not
> do.
> > I believe that most folks in here would rather not
> > know my opinion on a whole world of subjects. I
> try
> > and use common sense. There's a difference
> between
> > censorship and yelling the "F" word during a
> wedding.
> >
> > I'm a lot of people's worst nightmare, but I like
> to
> > cache. I don't want to ruin future group events
> by
> > dividing the community. We shouldn't do things to
> > make people feel excluded from the sport as
> > ultimately it will only hurt ourselves, by having
> > fewer caches and fewer cachers as people find new
> > hobbies out of frustration.
> >
> > I really need this. Geocaching is the first hobby
> > I've really gotten into in a very very very long
> time.
> > Right now I'm at a point in my life were having a
> > hobby is very important. I've been a member of
> this
> > list for a while but have avoided group events
> because
> > I'm afraid people won't like me, and that's
> without a
> > flame war. I was planning on going to the JC
> thing
> > Jan 31st, but now I'm not so sure. I was thinking
> > about doing the group cache tommorrow, but is it
> going
> > to be a cache hunt or a fist fight?
> >
> > See what I mean?
> >
> > And speaking of not drinking, those old bar rules
> > should apply to Geocaching: No religion or
> politics.
> > Probably the only smart thing to ever be developed
> in
> > a bar.
> >
> > Andy (Who's name shall appear in the book of
> sinners.)
> > AKA Yutty
> >
> > Here's a cute kitty to make up for any hard
> feelings:
> >
> >
> >
> > |\ _,,,---,,_
> > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_
> > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'
> > '---''(_/--' `-'\_)
> >
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