[GeoStL] Re: Can't we all just get along?
- From: "Lyn Cook" <lynslyne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:40:03 -0600
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Well put, Andy & I already like you!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Sims" <yutty_666@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 9:53 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] Can't we all just get along?
> -
> 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:
>
>
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