First of all, my most sincere apologies to Craig Olsen. I mistakenly thought he published his private response to my trip report out to the list. As a private response it was completely appropriate. However, I thought he had made it public (still relatively new to the internet), and as such I got overly defensive. My main concern is public intimidation of contributors to this list. We have a great list and a lot of contributors. But the list is even bigger than the people we hear from on a regular basis. These silent list members (lurkers) probably have a lot to add to the discussions. We can all learn from each other. My theory is that the lurkers stay lurkers because they are not willing to get pounced on if ever they should post something they're interested in. This mailing list is so annonymous in a way that it's way too easy to be rude without thinking twice about it. Try some visualization here. Imagine we're all sitting around a campfire after a day's paddling *together*. We all love to paddle, and are all capable of paddling (at least in theory) together. We are bonded by a common passion. Let's focus on the passion, not the other stuff. So, once again Craig, I'm sorry. As a private response to my trip report your post was good advice. Well maybe one good thing came of all this. I found the Marine Mammal Protection Act out on the net. It is located at http://kingfish.ssp.nmfs.gov/tmcintyr/mmpatext/mmpacont.html Happy Paddling, Keith Kaste *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 08 1998 - 19:08:18 PDT
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