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Slider & Smurf
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by Slider & Smurf » 06 January 05 5:00 pm
Some of the vitriol contained in the gc.com forum was pretty scary - but one post summed it up pretty well:
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Lemon Fresh Dog wrote:We all lose so that no one loses.
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C'est la vie.
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leek
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by leek » 06 January 05 5:03 pm
I was going to give them a very eloquent spray - but they've closed the topic and said they will close any other topics about this cache - So much for the "land of the free"...
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riblit
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by riblit » 06 January 05 5:11 pm
Mind Socket wrote:For the latter, I hope someone explained to them (using small words) that we're a day ahead. Some might say years.
2 pages of posts and one worked that out. That's average.
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embi
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by embi » 06 January 05 5:19 pm
I have just resigned
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riblit
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by riblit » 06 January 05 5:24 pm
leek wrote:I was going to give them a very eloquent spray - but they've closed the topic and said they will close any other topics about this cache - So much for the "land of the free"...
Feel free my vege friend, the topic is still open - that was a 'me too' on the end..
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leek
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by leek » 06 January 05 5:27 pm
No - it's definitely been closed... Don't worry - I've tried...
Just contemplating creating a new topic full of graphic photos from the disaster... and a few choice comments...
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Papa Bear_Left
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by Papa Bear_Left » 06 January 05 5:31 pm
Hmmm... I don't think that there's much doubt that this disaster warrants anything that can encourage donations to relief agencies.
But how about a flood in Pakistan that kills 20,000 people? Still worthy enough?
A typhoon that kills 1,500 people in the Caribbean? Still sufficiently 'special case'?
A train wreck that kills 500 in Somalia?
A collapsing viewing platform that kills a school group of 50?
My brother's bicycle accident that broke his bike, his leg and his eTrex?
Where do you draw the line?
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embi
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by embi » 06 January 05 5:36 pm
Maybe all the "finds" can be changed to notes and show that it wasnt about the numbers???
Think about it
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leek
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by leek » 06 January 05 5:45 pm
I was pretty shocked that it would even enter someone's head that I would make a charitable donation just so I could log a cache find, so I have already changed mine to a note...
To me this cache appeal was a prompt from a community that I belong to... nothing more...
And Hell... if you can get a smiley for breaking the law by speeding - why not from this cache???
I don't blame you for resigning Embi... gc.com has overstepped the mark...
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OzGuff
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by OzGuff » 06 January 05 5:47 pm
If you are a regular reader of the GC.com forums you will recognize many of the posters as regular stirrers, so a grain of salt is needed. Unfortunately, the "guidelines" are a touchy subject for many, and a nerve was hit.
Riblit knew that he was on the edge by approving the cache, though I am sure that he (and the other Aussie reviewers) had no idea of the reaction it would cause. I wish embi had not resigned.
I applaud Team Piggy for doing something positive. Give if you can, and don't forget your local charities!
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CraigRat
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by CraigRat » 06 January 05 5:51 pm
embi wrote:Maybe all the "finds" can be changed to notes and show that it wasnt about the numbers???
Think about it
Consider mine done!!!
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riblit
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by riblit » 06 January 05 5:55 pm
leek wrote:
To me this cache appeal was a prompt from a community that I belong to... nothing more...
exactly - We had already made a donation, this cache was simply a means of doing so as a member of the Australian geocaching community. Other organisations I belong to dangle a bucket from time to time. We donate as a member of the organisation irrespective of a personal donation made.
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Lt. Sniper
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by Lt. Sniper » 06 January 05 6:02 pm
Oh, I cant even go and throw petrol on the flames on the GC.com forums...
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Mind Socket
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by Mind Socket » 06 January 05 6:04 pm
Keep hitting refresh, sometimes that throws petrol on their server, other times, it actually works.
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