[BULK] - RE: [pct-l] Independent Hiking & Trail Angels

[brandt at snf.stanford.edu (Karl Brandt)]

There's a fable I heard years ago that serves as a good lesson for
thru-hikers. I've heard it in several forms so I'll retell it in the form
I heard it first.

The scene is the gates to ancient Sparta.


Traveler 1:  "I've never been to Sparta before. What are the people like?"
Gatekeeper:  "Well, what are the people like in the town you come from?"
Traveler 1:  "They're good honest, generous, hard-working people."
Gatekeeper:  "You'll find the people of Sparta are like that too."

Traveler 2:  "I've never been to Sparta before. What are the people like?"
Gatekeeper:  "Well, what are the people like in the town you come from?"
Traveler 2:  "They're lazy and greedy. They cheat, steal and lie."
Gatekeeper:  "You'll find the people of Sparta are like that too."


-Karl

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Karl Brandt PCT97
http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~kbrandt/

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Joseph Niemiec wrote:

> Or maybe it was just pure greed.
> 
> Mouse
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "PCT List" <PCT@DelNorteResort.Com>
> >To: "Mike Saenz" <msaenz@mve-architects.com>
> >CC: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> >Subject: Re: [BULK] - RE: [pct-l] Independent Hiking & Trail Angels
> >Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 12:51:53 -0800
> >
> >Mike, to be fair, ask yourself why they would charge $5 to post a
> >lousy message on a bulletin board?
> >
> >Just pure greed, maybe?
> >
> >Maybe it was brought on by people abusing the priviledge. Dozens of
> >messages, pins gone, business cards obscured or missing, etc.
> >
> >Did you bother to ask yourself (or anyone else)  what the purpose of the
> >board is? Or did
> >you just consider what YOU needed it for, therefore, the owners are 
> idiots?