[pct-l] Fwd: cranky-pants time on PCT-l

[Wayne Kraft]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: David Plotnikoff <david at emeraldlake.com>
> Date: December 1, 2006 8:55:01 PM PST (CA)
> To: wayneskraft at comcast.net
> Subject: cranky-pants time on PCT-l
>
> At 9:59 PM -0600 12/1/06, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>> Right on, Danniken!  So listen up buster and listen up good: If  
>> you are accomplishing anything in life, doing anything productive  
>> whatever, you have no right to contribute one single comment to  
>> this list, let alone take a leadership position in any organization
>> relating to the PCT or any other trail.  Unless your income is
>
>
> Ah, this was mighty rich stuff. As the Aussies say: "Good on you!"
>
> We're in the silly season/cabin-fever season on PCT-l when tempers  
> are short and people are wound a little too tight. This too shall  
> pass.
>
> For now, as someone who's been on the PCT (AND PCT-l) for eight  
> years now, I'm holding off. But if I do post, it'd be to tell  
> assholes like this guy "If you want to rant and rave, we  
> understand. Go out in the back yard and bay at the moon. But when  
> it comes to this little digital campfire, show some thought before  
> you pop off, child. If every one of the people sniping back and  
> forth right now had to see each other face to face, hopefully  
> they'd exercise a little bit more tact and common sense."