____________________________________________________________>From: "Roping The Wind" <arizcowboy@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com >To: listserv@azgeocaching.com >Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] READ THIS CACHE SITE - >Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:35:40 -0700 > >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" <Dan.Koch@Eclipsys.com> >>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. > > >____________________________________________________________ >Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > >Arizona's Geocaching Resource >http://www.azgeocaching.comBeing on the receiving end of one of those e-mails (not HL but someone else) it does not make you feel like you're participating in a game. Which is exactly what I consider Geocaching (not intended to start a new debate simply put my opinion). It feels like you've done something wrong and they're personally attacking you.
Bottomline I was not impressed by their message and will not be picking up TB's in the future unless I'm doing a muliticache event and can get rid of (spoken lovingly) said TB at the next stop. Otherwise I'm out of the TB game due to 1 person being rude again in my opinion.
Apryl
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