Dan Hagen wrote: > Sandykayak_at_aol.com wrote: > > > I suggest (before we get into another endless thread) that we stick to > > kayaking-related themes and not allow these tangents to take over. ... > > While I am against endless threads and off-topic tangents, please note that > discussions of conservation issues are on-topic for this list. To quote from the > Paddlewise charter: > > "The PaddleWise paddling list covers the following topics: > Anything to do with paddling boats! > Trip reports ... > ... > ... <snip>... > ... > Conservation issues > ... " > > It is sometimes difficult to discuss conservation issues without discussing > politics. > Yes, I agree, but the posts she was responding to had degenerated from discussing politics to name calling. I enjoy this group too much to want to see a flame war erupt. Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Sep 29 1999 - 10:46:56 PDT
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