[pct-l] HYOH

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Shoot . . . I thought HYOH was Host Your Own Host!

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Batchelor <billbatch at cox.net>
>Sent: Feb 8, 2007 7:03 AM
>To: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] HYOH
>
>
>Is it just me, or does the phrase "Hike Your Own Hike" make you laugh?  I
>find it funny because it is TELLING someone how to hike.  While trying to be
>a phrase about doing our own thing, setting our own goals, accepting our own
>limits; the phrase actually is telling someone else how to hike!  This is
>such a perfect example of current American cultural it is almost iconic.
>
>I mean really, if another person wants to hike their hike by judging others,
>finding ways to feel superior, deciding on the rules and who is following
>their version, etc., they are hiking their own hike.  It is a rather
>self-righteous, boisterous, and judgmental hike perhaps, but it is theirs.
>I think in the face of such an attitude it is more productive to focus on
>ourselves as a form of deflection rather than to try to change the other
>person.
>
>After kicking around variations I think the better catch phrase should be,
>HMOH for "Hike My Own Hike".  So, I insist you use it (my American right to
>do so).
>
>BillB
>
> 
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