> But for him to email other cachers PRIVATELY and tell them that 
> he thinks this or that is wrong... well that is just plain WRONG!!!!

No...What is "just plain WRONG!!!!" is slamming someone in a public forum
when the attacker is IN NO WAY related to the situation.  

In my opinion, there is not a single thing wrong with PRIVATELY contacting
someone and telling them your thoughts about their actions.  Isn't it
preferable to talk face-to-face rather than behind one another's backs?  

If people have a problem with what he has done TO THEM, then they should
drop him a PRIVATE email letting him know that they feel HIS actions are
inappropriate.  Uninvolved parties telling him to go away, attacking him and
copying his posts from totally different forums/sites are entirely uncalled
for and show their true character.

I should be quiet now.  I wouldn't want to "be ostracized to the greatest
extent possible by the community".

LazyK - Dan


> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com [mailto:az-
> geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Roping The Wind
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 2:36 PM
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] READ THIS CACHE SITE -
> 
> Dan, I think you are missing the point here that Shadowace and Cameron are
> saying. You are correct, Highpointer is totally within reason to say what
> he
> wants as far as opinions are concerned. It is america after all. BUT...
> what
> you might not know is that Highpointer has PRIVATELY emailed other cachers
> (on several occasions that I have been told about) and told them that he
> didn't think how they handled a certain Travel bug was correct.
> 
> One case in point: a good friend of mine, who is also a regular
> geocacher.... placed a travel bug in a cache that was in east mesa. It was
> a
> somewhat urban cache, but in a large desert field. I would say this cache
> was definitely not near where muggles would particularly stumble upon it
> (anymore so than any other urban cache). It was probably 400' from the
> nearest road in a fairly thick desert field. The next day he gets an email
> from Highpointer (who is NOT the owner of this travel bug and is also NOT
> the owner of this cache) saying that he shouldn't have placed a TB in that
> cache as that cache is too urban and too likely to end up missing
> (therefore
> I guess placing the TB at risk of disappearing).
> 
> Highpointer can state his opinions in his logs.. there is no harm done in
> that (although sometimes this too can create problems as some people
> aren't
> particularly strong mentally and might take them as harmful words). But,
> for
> him to email other cachers PRIVATELY and tell them that he thinks this or
> that is wrong... well that is just plain WRONG!!!!
> 
> I wouldn't go as far as Brian did and tell Highpointer to take a hike or
> anything... but Highpointer needs to just play his game how he wants to
> play
> it and keep it at that and not tell other people how to play it.
> 
> Quoted in two ways:
> 
> "I don't think that travel bugs should be placed in high traffic area
> caches"
> 
> "You should not place travel bugs in high traffic area caches"
> 
> Those two sentences are two very similar quotes but yet very different
> quotes. The first is simply stating an opinion, the second is a command.
> Getting private emails like the second is not cool.
> 
> Scott
> Team Ropingthewind
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Koch, Dan" < >
> >Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> >To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> >Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] READ THIS CACHE SITE -
> >Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:27:37 -0400
> >
> >Right, and I'm just pointing out that he isn't the one slamming other
> >people, telling people to get the heck out of here, etc.  Heck, he's
> pretty
> >much dropped out of sight as far as azgeocaching.com goes.
> 
> 
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