[Az-Geocaching] [Fwd: The Arizona Republic]

[Team Tierra Buena]

> Wow.  Have you looked at a paper recently?  Articles about recreational
> groups, like geocachers, end out in the "arizona Living" section of the
> paper,

They used to call it the "Women's Section" before it became politically
incorrect.

> A story on geocaching would fit in perfectly fine, and not
> "good guy vs. bad guy" angle needs to be included at all.

Headlines from the "Arizona Republic":

SCAVENGER HUNT THREATENS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES (8/7/2002)

PRESERVE OUT TO STOP 'GEOCACHING' --  GPS GAME ILLEGAL, CITY OFFICIALS SAY
(3/31/2003)

And this was BEFORE Geocaching became "popular".

I don't know that I've ever mentioned this here before, but in a move that I
can only describe as Orwellian, at some later time the "Repugnant" actually
changed the headline of the 2002 article in their online morgue to the
somewhat less-inflammatory "'GEOCOACHING' FUN BUT CAN HURT ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SITES". But the headline I quoted above is what appeared on Page One the day
it was published.

I wish the paper would ignore Geocaching altogether and concentrate on
reporting what they know best: spring training and what to do in San Diego
and Las Vegas.

Steve
Team Tierra Buena