[pct-l] Admin Note. Must Read. was: The Mountain Bike problem

[Devon Taig]

Ah, so here's the post that has me hot under the collar.  And hotter still
after reading it thru.
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*"It is the apparent tactic of the IMBA  (International Mountain Bike*
*Association) and their cohorts to tenaciously take over communities by
wearing down their opposition by creating non stop controversy, as the
"bikes on the PCT folks" are trying to here"*
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Is it not through the very process of "creating controversy" that we create
lasting and meaningful change in this country for the better?  Probably 100
years ago, pro-woman opinion anywhere would have been deemed rabble-rousing
(but no longer), 50 years ago, pro-black thoughts would have made the
majority squirm (we know better now), and maybe five  years ago, many an
email list-server (though I doubt this one) would have banned anything
remotely pro-gay. Politics, my friends, aren't just on the national scene.
 They are on the PCT itself.  If you ban a voice simply because it does not
agree with your thoughts, that is not just un-American, it is intolerable.
Absolutely intolerable.

While I object even to your first sentence, "*Discussions about allowing
bikes on the PCT is off topic on this list*", it's the second sentence, *"Do
not post anything advocating opening the PCT to bicycles" *that really
makes me shake my head.  As an occasional contributor to this list and a
real supporter of PCT hikers, it pains me to leave, but until this policy
is changed, please remove me from further posts.

Brick, as I won't be receiving posts any longer, please inform me directly
if the policy is changed.


On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:33 AM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>wrote:

> Admin Note:
>
> Discussions about allowing bikes on the PCT is off topic on this list.
> Do not post anything advocating opening the PCT to bicycles.
>
> It is the apparent tactic of the IMBA  (International Mountain Bike
> Association) and their cohorts to tenaciously take over communities by
> wearing down their opposition by creating non stop controversy, as the
> "bikes on the PCT folks" are trying to here
>
> The administrator of this list takes the same position as the PCTA: No
> bikes on the PCT.
>
> Vehicular traffic (bicycles) and pedestrians don't mix which is why
> most cities do not allow bicycles on the sidewalk.
>
> I am also aware that the Pro Bike group actively monitors this list,
> and I specifically deny permission to reproduce this post in whole or
> in part to any other location, whether electronically or in print.
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