the extremists/ be careful

Ron Gatrelle gatrelle at tils-ttr.org
Tue Jan 23 15:39:17 EST 2001


For the sake of balance. I think it is good to accurately convey lessons =
learned from negative situations - as Kelly Richers does below. I only =
request two things. That it be remembered that the past is the past for =
everyone and no one should have to live the rest of their life having =
their past always thrown up to them - or others - as if this was still =
their current life's situation or values.  Second, that hind sight =
indeed be 20/20.
 
Now. One of these individuals, whose name I honestly don't remember, was =
definitely as silly as guilty. To knowingly collect in the Grand Canyon =
National Park is one thing, but to publish this information on specimen =
labels - specimens that were for sale!! I knew some of these persons =
back then and knew nothing of others. Some were virtually innocent =
bystanders while others were guilty as charged. That's my 20/20.
 
----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Kelly Richers=20
  To: Leps-l at lists.yale.edu ; drdn at mail.utexas.edu ; =
gatrelle at tils-ttr.org=20
  Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:12 PM
  Subject: Re: the extremists/ be careful
 
 
  As one who works in the public educational field and has to punish =
trangressions large and small on a frequent basis, one item that stands =
out in the cases that cannot be overlooked is the aura of flaunting the =
government laws while the collecting was going on.  The arguments about =
not knowing the law become spurious when the correspondence is read =
between the alleged perpetrators.  While many of us may profess not to =
fully understand the Lacey act and the CITES rules, and might in fact be =
in violation of aspects of it, we do not generally publicly display our =
"in your face" attitude that gets so many in trouble.  As I say to =
students on a frequent basis-"Why are you surprised you  are in trouble? =
 You tried to antagonize your teacher and you succeeded. " These men to =
some extent exhibited behavior designed to antagonize the government-it =
is pretty hard not to know that you cannot collect in a National Park =
when you are making your activity covert, and then one at least tried to =
divert attention from the issue with a plethora of side issues-not that =
some of us have seen this behavior in others ever...
 
 
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