[pct-l] drawing the line

[scourtway@bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

>When was the last time you paid a webmaster,
>or a mailing-list admin for using their services?

my point exactly, NEVER !

Good:  hiking group list supported by hiking
enthusiasts volunteering their time for a good
cause.

Bad:  "what is the next "useful" information
I'm going to cook up to inflate this cash machine?"

>You may oppose "commercial-ism" and
>"multi-national corporations,"

If I did, I'd be a hipocrit, since in my line
of work, I'm partially responsible for tearing
up some prime bear and bunny rabbit habitat in
the name of the aforementioned evils.

But,  do you think the money grubbers at the
credit card companines sponsoring special interest
sites care about the enlightenment of the readers?
no!  they want hits.  they want joe hiker to tune
into this weeks tip about putting your feet in
a creek when they develop hot spots, get one of
their cards, and charge up thousands on new
equipment they can't pay for.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: Brick Robbins <brick@fastpack.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] secret for pct-l members only


> At 09:09 AM 5/21/01, "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com> wrote:
> >credit card company ads on a hiking site =
> >wolf in sheep's clothing.
>
> Servers and connectivity have to be paid for somehow.
>
> Now that the dot-com bubble Venture Capitol has dried up, internet
services (like this list) have gone back to "hobbies" or are parasites
existing because the owner has business resources that have available space
left over.
>
> You may oppose "commercial-ism" and "multi-national corporations," but
severs and T1 lines cost money, even if all the "grunt work" is donated.
>
> When was the last time you paid a webmaster, or a mailing-list admin for
using their services?
>
>
> --
> Brick Robbins                                  mailto:brick@fastpack.com
>
> See the music and hear the dance.
>
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