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[Brandon McGinnity]

"to search everyone's
box is not only illegal but it is presumptuous.  I would rather respect
everyone's right to make their own decisions and not interfere until their
decisions begin to affect my health and safety."

Hear hear! This country would be far better off if more folks thought that
way. Innocent until proven guilty seems
to have gone out the window. But I think I'm going to stop myself here, and
leave this thread be, lest I get too vehement and overstep the bounds of
this list again. I brood too much on such things as it is, haha.

Back to PCT excitement. One and a half weeks till I'm hiking!

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Benjamin Grunbaum <bengrunbaum at gmail.com>wrote:

> As Ron noted an oral contract is never a good idea.  It does not carry much
> if any weight in court.  It becomes a he said, she said situation and I
> would venture to say that a court would always side with one who has had
> their rights violated.  A signed notarized authorization holds the most
> weight and can withstand most scrutiny.
>
> I am writing this for informative purposes only.  I merely think that we
> who
> are part of the hiking community, in what ever way that may be, would be
> much better off if we all gave each other the benefit of the doubt.  As
> many
> others have noted, with whom I agree, saying your going to search
> everyone's
> box is not only illegal but it is presumptuous.  I would rather respect
> everyone's right to make their own decisions and not interfere until their
> decisions begin to affect my health and safety.
>
> Ben Grunbaum
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